TAXES: Willing to Wait
The Administration's reluctance to cut taxes before the Federal budget is in balance has the support of a majority of voters, reported Pollster George Gallup this week. Asked whether the Republicans should carry out their promise to lower taxes next January even at the cost of an unbalanced budget, 52% of Gallup's sampling said no, only 36% yes. Of the Republicans polled, 53% were willing to forgo a tax cut; of the Democrats, an even 50%.
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