Poll: Jobs before Deficit Reduction

Originally posted by Kunsoo
I mean, duh. You would think.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/09/13/rel15d.pdf

Don't you think there is a disconnect when it is even asked as if jobs were one issue and the deficit, the economic condition of the country is unrelated?

Originally posted by normbenign
Don't you think there is a disconnect when it is even asked as if jobs were one issue and the deficit, the economic condition of the country is unrelated?

Oh, it's connected. Immediate deficit reduction through budget cuts kills jobs. Since job growth has been anemic since the budget deal in April, it's way past time to be obsessing over the deficit and to worry about economic expansion. Deficits have never been eliminated by cuts, because the cuts lead to decreased revenue. Deficits can actually be aggravated by cuts. The cuts which work are done in an inflationary phase, not when there's so little money in the economy.

So yes, they're connected. But not in the way you think.