President Clinton has proposed that the budget surplus should be preserved and there should be no large tax cuts until social security has been placed on a more secure footing. Others have recently argued for large tax cuts now. Which of these two positions is closer to your own?
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Black Population |
General Population |
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Preserve Budget Surplus % |
Large Tax Cuts Now % |
D/K % |
(N) |
Preserve Budget Surplus % |
Large Tax Cuts Now % |
D/K % |
(N) |
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Total |
77 |
14 |
9 |
850 |
64 |
26 |
10 |
850 |
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White |
- |
- |
- |
- |
63 |
28 |
10 |
709 |
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Men Women |
79 76 |
16 12 |
5 12 |
400 450 |
64 64 |
29 22 |
7 14 |
412 438 |
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18-25 26-35 36-50 51-64 65+ |
69 70 77 95 71 |
28 29 9 1 1 |
4 1 14 4 28 |
127 168 257 175 88 |
61 57 64 60 85 |
32 34 26 24 10 |
8 8 11 16 5 |
76 160 301 175 106 |
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Northeast Midwest South West |
68 70 81 87 |
12 11 17 10 |
20 19 2 4 |
153 156 452 88 |
75 64 60 61 |
18 28 30 23 |
7 8 10 16 |
172 205 296 177 |
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Less Than HS HS Graduate Some College/Tech/Voc College/Postgraduate Degree |
85 76 73 80 |
0 20 18 8 |
15 4 10 12 |
97 277 184 259 |
61 72 61 63 |
16 18 32 27 |
24 10 7 10 |
51 228 239 315 |
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Less than $15,000 $15-$35,000 $35-$75,000 More than $75,000 |
73 84 80 76 |
17 8 12 10 |
10 8 9 15 |
75 129 250 104 |
80 65 71 54 |
20 29 20 33 |
- 6 9 13 |
45 157 328 164 |
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Children No Children |
75 78 |
20 9 |
5 12 |
326 470 |
52 72 |
38 18 |
11 11 |
318 470 |
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