Issue Post: Polling

Polling is key to resolving our national debt. Right now, Democrats and Republicans have two very different plans for cutting spending and reducing the national debt. The Democrats plan involves tax increases on the highest earning brackets, along with modest adjustments to entitlements. While Republicans advocate a plan that drastically cuts spending, reforms entitlements, and repeals the Affordable Care Act. Before the 2012 election, polls showed that a majority of Americans supported the Republican stance on the national debt. However, the Democrats maintained control of both the White House, and the Senate during the elections. Now in October of 2013 polls show the Republicans have lost a large amount of their credibility as a result of the debt ceiling/Government shutdown. Only in recent days as new polls have come out have Republicans signaled a willingness to compromise. The future of the Debt Crisis will be decided in the next few years by who the polls favor. If after this crisis, polls show the Democrats have a commanding lead on the issue, Republicans will be forced to compromise. If polls show the public supports the Republicans on the debt issue, prepare for major changes to Medicare, and Government spending.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-government-shutdown-will-work/