Poll: Virginians Prefer Spending Cuts to Tax Hikes
posted 7:27 am Wed January 23, 2008 - RICHMOND, Va.
Boosting taxes or tapping the state's "rainy day" reserve fund is not the way a majority in new statewide poll wants the state's strained budget to be reconciled.
Fifty-six percent of those surveyed by Christopher Newport University say they prefer the General Assembly and Governor Tim Kaine slash state spending to offset a projected shortfall. And when asked what they would cut first, 55 percent of the 700 registered voters questioned said it should be transportation funding. The poll's central question about fixing the shortfall was presented to respondents as three options. Thirty-one percent favored Kaine's proposal to pair spending cuts on some programs with supplements from the reserve fund.
Nine percent favored higher taxes to cover the difference without using the rainy day fund. Five percent didn't know.
The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
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Fifty-six percent of those surveyed by Christopher Newport University say they prefer the General Assembly and Governor Tim Kaine slash state spending to offset a projected shortfall. And when asked what they would cut first, 55 percent of the 700 registered voters questioned said it should be transportation funding. The poll's central question about fixing the shortfall was presented to respondents as three options. Thirty-one percent favored Kaine's proposal to pair spending cuts on some programs with supplements from the reserve fund.
Nine percent favored higher taxes to cover the difference without using the rainy day fund. Five percent didn't know. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
(CLICK HERE for more data)
Latest Comment on Poll: Virginians Prefer Spending Cuts to Tax Hikes
John61
2:15 pm on 01/25/08
You got it Winstrv....Cut there services and we could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year in this state.....here's a good article to read about a good majority of the cost of the illegals in this state http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012403025.html
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