Deficit-cutting ideas not popular, polls discover

 
By The Associated Press
Published: December 5, 2010

WASHINGTON — Americans say giant federal deficits trouble them, but they’re reluctant to charge ahead with a budget-cutting drive that would hurt the programs they like, a new poll shows.

With a bipartisan commission appointed by President Barack Obama ready to unveil its ideas for mopping up the red ink, an Associated Press-CNBC Poll shows the public divided over accepting the pain needed to address the ...


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