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?

Black Population

General Population

 

Preserve Budget Surplus

%

Large Tax

Cuts Now

%

D/K

%

(N)

Preserve Budget Surplus

%

Large Tax

Cuts Now

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

77

14

9

850

64

26

10

850

White

-

-

-

-

63

28

10

709

Men

Women

79

76

16

12

5

12

400

450

64

64

29

22

7

14

412

438

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

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

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

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

Children

No Children

75

78

20

9

5

12

326

470

52

72

38

18

11

11

318

470