Support our non-partisan non-profit newsroom 💜 Donate now
Final Note

Poll respondents tricked by Panetta-Burns plan

Kai Ryssdal Dec 4, 2012
HTML EMBED:
COPY
Final Note

Poll respondents tricked by Panetta-Burns plan

Kai Ryssdal Dec 4, 2012
HTML EMBED:
COPY

This final note today. Returning to where we started — a test, of sorts, to see how closely you’re paying attention to the fiscal cliff debate.

There’s a survey out today from Public Policy Polling. People were asked what they thought about various deficit reduction plans. Simpson-Bowles did pretty well. It’s the baseline budget proposal a lot of Washington is talking a lot about. Thirty-nine percent of Americans had an opinion about it.

Twenty-five percent of us have heard of the Panetta-Burns deficit plan — which is the really amazing number…since it’s not real.

Pollsters just threw it in there to see what would happen.

Gotta stay on your toes, gang.

There’s a lot happening in the world.  Through it all, Marketplace is here for you. 

You rely on Marketplace to break down the world’s events and tell you how it affects you in a fact-based, approachable way. We rely on your financial support to keep making that possible. 

Your donation today powers the independent journalism that you rely on. For just $5/month, you can help sustain Marketplace so we can keep reporting on the things that matter to you.