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Poll: Public Supports Selling Liquor Stores, State Worker Layoffs To Balance Budget
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Although the largest share of Pennsylvania registered voters, 50 percent, don't yet have an opinion of Gov. Tom Corbett's job performance, the new governor gets a 39 - 11 percent approval rating from those who do have an opinion, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this week.
But by a 53 - 33 percent margin, voters don't believe Gov. Corbett can keep his promise to balance the budget without raising taxes, similar to a 55 - 31 percent finding in a December survey by the independent Quinnipiac University.
Gov. Corbett does not need to convince voters the state's budget problems are real: 61 percent say the state's budget woes are "very serious," while 34 percent say "somewhat serious," an unusually large percentage.
Among the budget solutions presented to voters responding to the poll--
-- 65 - 26 percent support selling liquor stores;
-- 52 - 40 percent support laying off state workers;
-- 51 - 46 percent support increasing legalized gambling in the state to help meet the budget deficit;
-- 51 - 36 percent support selling or leasing the Pennsylvania turnpike to raise cash; and
-- 63 - 33 percent oppose raising taxes.
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2/21/2011 |
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