September 13-16, 2010: Gallup/USA Today Poll—Nationwide poll solicits public opinions on whether or not the government should raise taxes to fund major entitlement programs such as Social Security.
“If the cost of major entitlement programs (including Social Security and Medicare) does create major economic problems for the US (United States) do you think the government should or should not do each of the following to deal with the situation? How about–raise taxes?”
42% Yes, should
56% No, should not
2% No opinion
Subpopulation/Note: .
Survey by USA Today. Methodology: Conducted by Gallup Organization, September 13 – September 16, 2010 and based on 1,019 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones for respondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.10SEM013.R32A]
Formal Citation
Gallup/USA Today Poll, Sep, 2010. Retrieved Nov-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“(If the cost of major entitlement programs (including Social Security and Medicare) does create major economic problems for the US (United States) do you think the government should or should not do each of the following to deal with the situation?) How about–cut benefits?”
31% Yes, should
66% No, should not
2% No opinion
Subpopulation/Note: .
Survey by USA Today. Methodology: Conducted by Gallup Organization, September 13 – September 16, 2010 and based on 1,019 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones for respondents who are cell phone only. [USGALLUP.10SEM013.R32B]
Formal Citation
Gallup/USA Today Poll, Sep, 2010. Retrieved Nov-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html
“Now I’d like to ask you about the major entitlement programs the government is committed to, including Social Security and Medicare. Do you think the cost of these programs will create major economic problems for the US (United States) in the next 25 years if no changes are made to them, or not?”