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And it’s not even close, according to Gallup’s latest survey.
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Americans continue to express a strong desire that any agreement that is reached include plans for major cuts in future spending.

Americans now by a 20-point margin — 55% vs. 35% — say they worry more that the government would raise the debt ceiling without plans for major spending cuts, than that the government would not raise the ceiling and an economic crisis would ensue.

Americans appear to be saying to their elected representatives: Get an agreement done, even if it is not an ideal plan, but make sure it includes major spending cuts.

Of course, Americans need to know that we’re still not really talking about actual spending cuts. Every plan put forward so far has offered a reduction in the increase in spending.
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But even a slowdown in spending is better than staying on the same trajectory on which we find ourselves, and this poll shows just how badly Americans want that trajectory changed. The results echo the midterm elections, which took place less than nine months ago, when voters turned out a Democratic majority in the House and nearly did the same thing in the Senate...

Even with the constant hysteria-mongering over the potential for fiscal ruin in a default ... Americans are fed up with Washington overspending and want it changed, and changed now.