Raise taxes or cut spending
Q. Do you think the Government should raise taxes or cut spending to reduce the national debt or should they do neither?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
6 May 13
|
13 Aug 13 |
|
| Raise taxes |
6% |
8% |
4% |
14% |
8% |
13% |
6% |
||
| Reduce spending |
47% |
36% |
61% |
25% |
39% |
55% |
45% |
||
| Both |
19% |
15% |
22% |
21% |
22% |
na |
21% |
||
| Neither |
20% |
30% |
10% |
31% |
23% |
20% |
18% |
||
| Don’t know |
8% |
11% |
3% |
10% |
7% |
12% |
10% |
In order to reduce debt, 47% think the Government should reduce spending, 6% think they should raise taxes and 19% think they should do both. 20% think they should do neither.
61% of Liberal/National voters think the Government should reduce spending compared to 36% of Labor voters and 25% of Greens voters.
These results are very similar to those when this question was previously asked in August last year.
Raise taxes or cut spending
Q. Do you think the Government should raise taxes or cut spending to reduce the national debt or should they do neither?
|
6 May 13
|
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Raise taxes |
13% |
6% |
7% |
3% |
14% |
|
| Reduce spending |
55% |
45% |
32% |
64% |
24% |
|
| Both |
na |
21% |
21% |
21% |
22% |
|
| Neither |
20% |
18% |
28% |
9% |
29% |
|
| Don’t know |
12% |
10% |
12% |
4% |
10% |
In order to reduce debt, 45% think the Government should reduce spending, 6% think they should raise taxes and 21% think they should do both. 18% think they should do neither.
64% of Liberal/National voters think the Government should reduce spending compared to 32% of Labor voters and 24% of Greens voters.
(Note the category “both” has been added to this question since it was previously asked)
Raise taxes or cut spending
Q. Do you think the Government should raise taxes or cut spending to reduce the national debt or should they do neither?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Raise taxes |
13% |
23% |
5% |
28% |
| Reduce spending |
55% |
34% |
74% |
40% |
| Neither |
20% |
27% |
14% |
20% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
16% |
7% |
12% |
In order to reduce debt, 55% think the Government should reduce spending and only 13% think they should raise taxes. 20% think they should do neither.
74% of Liberal/National voters think the Government should reduce spending compared to 40% of Greens voters and 34% of Labor voters.
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