Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich quotes research by The Winston Group in his latest post for Gingrich360 on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and achieving a balanced budget.
The Winston Group reported on Feb 10, 2025, that the American people instinctively know that ballooning debt and runaway spending will eventually lead to economic turmoil.
Its study found that 72 percent of people believe the statement: “If we continue down this path, in the future we will be faced with higher taxes, higher interest rates, and an economy that doesn’t work for working Americans.” According to Winston Group, “This was believed by majorities of Republicans (80%), independents (75%) and Democrats (61%).”
However, The Winston Group also found that Americans do not accept tax hikes as inevitable to solve our debt, Social Security, and Medicare problems. Forty-nine percent of people rejected the assertion that “Because of the national debt and needing to shore up Social Security and Medicare, we have no choice but to accept that taxes must go up for everyone.” Only 33 percent agreed with the statement.
Fifty percent of Republicans, 52 percent of independents, and 44 percent of Democrats did not agree that tax hikes were inevitable.
As The Winston Group reported, “There is serious concern about protecting Social Security and Medicare, but as we heard in the focus groups, our fiscal problems are ‘not the taxpayers’ burden anymore.’”
One month later, The Winston Group reported similar results on March 25, 2025. In addition to earning similar responses to the above questions, the poll found that 65 percent of Americans believed preventing tax increases would allow Americans to save and invest their money for their own futures rather than support the federal government. Only 20 percent disagreed.
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