Poll: Americans Want to Spend Less on Key Programs, But Also Resist Cuts
Filed under: Education, Health Care, Polls, Poll Watch, Deficit, Jobs, EconomyA Pew Research Center survey finds that public’s views about federal spending are beginning to change. Americans are no longer calling for increased spending, as they have ...
Pentagon Ordered to Cut Billions in Spending to Fund Wars
Filed under: Iraq, Economy, Budget, Obama Administration, MilitaryDefense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered the Pentagon to cut costs at the military and civilian levels in order to build a savings account of tens of billions of dollars for war operat...
Surprise! Republicans in disarray, don’t really want to cut spending.
No, really!
This initial post (plus this correction) reveal a fascinating pattern that emerges from asking self-identified conservatives about the spending cuts they'd want to see.
Longtime conservative bugaboos like "foreign aid" and "welfare" score high marks. But other than that, no single proposal reaches even so...
