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Excerpted from Rasmussen Reports, Oct.19, 2008

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Barack Obama told Joe the Plumber, “When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”

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44% of voters agree with Obama’s statement — 42% disagree.

69% of Democrats think their candidate is right, but 78% of Republicans disagree.

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A majority of those who earn less than $40,000 a year agree with Obama about spreading the wealth around, while most of those who earn more than that disagree.

Ken’s Note: Approximately 40% of adults pay no income tax or get a refundable credit check; the top 50% of tax filers pay over 97% of all income taxes.  Could it be that those who pay taxes are less inclined towards spreading ?

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Entrepreneurs are strongly opposed.

A slight plurality of government employees agree.

63% of voters under 30 agree with Obama’s statement — 33% disagree. A plurality of those over 30 take the opposite view.

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A plurality of voters (48%) believes that McCain or Joe the Plumber better understand their situation better than Obama does.

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Full article:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/democrats_favor_spreading_wealth_around_gop_disagrees

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