"Poll: Six In Ten Oppose GOP’s Medicare Privatization Plan" by John Terbush at TPM

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Poll: Six In Ten Oppose GOP’s Medicare Privatization Plan

by John Terbush at TPM

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/poll-six-in-ten-oppose-gops-medicare-privatization-plan.php

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In a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday, a robust majority of registered voters disapproved of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposal to privatize Medicare and cap spending on the program that provides health care assistance to the elderly. And further, a strong majority said they supported an alternate path toward deficit reduction: raising taxes on top income earners, a proposal the GOP leadership has said is a non-starter.

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In response, 60% said Medicare should remain as it is, while only 34% said it should be changed in the ways pushed by Rep. Ryan.

In addition, the poll also found that 70% of voters opposed cuts to Medicare funding in general as a way to reduce the defciit, versus 27% who supported those cuts.

Further complicating the GOP’s position, just under seven in ten voters said they supported raising taxes on annual income above $250,000 — as President Obama and Democrats have suggested. Twenty-eight percent of voters said they did not suport such a tax increase.

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[TheMastersNemesis]

1. They Will Be Stopped From Voting Then.

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2. in other news.... 4 out of 10 americans are FUBAR

[still_one]

3. 34% of the population are idiots. /nt