59 percent of Virginians agree with McDonnell, say “cut spending”
By JR Hoeft | Saturday, February 20th, 2010 | PolicyA new Rasumussen poll is out that puts Gov. Bob McDonnell at a 65% approval rating, but even more interesting going into this budget weekend is that 59% say that McDonnell is right to advocate for cutting government spending or reducing taxes.
Additionally, from the report:
McDonnell’s biggest short-term challenge to date may have been the big snowstorms that hit the state recently, and voters highly approve of the state’s handling of them. Sixty-four percent (64%) rate the state’s response to the storms as good or excellent. Just 10% say the state’s response was poor.
If you look at McDonnell’s favorables just before the election and compare that with those that approve of his job performance to date, they’re statistically the same.
Read more of the report from Rasmussen.
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Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. E-mail J.R.. Follow J.R. on Twitter.
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7 Responses to "59 percent of Virginians agree with McDonnell, say “cut spending”"
Most people in our great state of Virginia realize just like at home, if you don’t have it, you don’t spend it. If you are spending too much, you cut back, pay off bills and then save for a rainy day. I’m not surprised to hear his polls are still high.
Well it is clear that no matter which party gets elected, a sense of entitlement begins to set in just about every time. The gross bravado expressed in the McDonnell/Norquist budget is very disturbing, and when more citizens become aware of the draconian cuts in local budgets as a result of the State’s withdrawal from its obligations to the poor, the sick, the disabled, the infirmed and elderly, and those who care for them, it is likely that there will be a electorate backlash. Remember, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely; we have just witnessed that dictum in Virginia politics.
Kathy, it’s good to know that the citizens of the great state of Virginia carry no credit card debt, did not buy into the “Spend and don’t think about it; it’s good for the economy” of the past decade. Thank the Good Lord above that we have put such a sound fiscal mind in the Governor’s Mansion. Jobs Bobs is going to show us how you can cut 60,000 jobs and replace ‘em with 60,000 plus Hollywood jobs, a 100,000 wine industry jobs, offshore oil drilling revenues out the wazoo before the ripple effect of those first fifty thou fired souls gets realized. Go Jobs Bobs. Do your thing to the Good Citizens of the Great Commonwealth of Virgina.
Mike, Our debilitating tax structure that many interpret as you stated “obligations to the poor, the sick, the disabled, the infirmed and elderly, and those who care for them” have been squandered and mismanaged in so many ways that I find it difficult to differentiate between waste and assistance for those in need. Many people need and deserve a hand up but that is very different from an obligatory hand out which I and many tax payers reject.
May I ask if you differentiate between the two?
I don’t think you can look at the 59% as an accurate picture of Virginia. The 59% of Virginians who said they were in favor of cutting spending were sampled in December, WAY before the public actually knew which spending was cutting. Now that the Virginian people know what the cuts to public safety, education, and mental health are, polling can be more accurate.
Yes James, I think I can. Since Virginia ranks well below many other states in the money spent on governmental services, I don’t think you can correctly conclude that on a relative basis, we are over taxed. Now for some, like Grover Norquist, any tax is too much, so it is up to responsible citizens to discern how much taxation is too much taxation. Frankly, most of my friends pay much less tax now than they did years ago since Bush put his famous tax cuts for the rich into effect, and all of us pay less gas tax because our cars get better mileage. Virginia’s tax rates are quite moderate, which I admit is a good thing. But because we provide services in a relatively efficient manner, there is not much fraud, waste or abuse, so the draconian cuts proposed by the Governor will cause much suffering. Since we are in a recovery, and state revenues will much improve year after year, we can afford a one time, sunset, surcharge on the income tax to prevent this loss of an estimated 50,000 jops.
Gov. Mc Donnell is part of the Conservative move, cut taxes, cut spending, only problem is were they make the cuts. Seems Education, and Social Services seem to top their lists for cuts. Tax cuts seem to favor those with the highest incomes (Look at the Bush Tax cuts)not a fair percentage. Why don’t they look at Military Cuts, more wasted tax dollars disappear within the Dept. of Defense. Now before you get in a rage about weakening the Military not making them the best equipped. Look at the waste we have 761 military bases/installations around the world. We have 124 in Japan 38 in Okinowa alone, more than 28,000 service men & women in Okinowa alone. We have 100 installations in Italy,why not close some of these bases and bring those troops home. Instead of spending the pay in Italy they can spend the pay here, helping local businesses and cutting taxes. It must cost a small fortune to keep these installations abroad. Cutting the Defense budget saving taxes helping states such as Virginia, with a large military population.
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