>>In that poll you linked to, see the "Which Type of Plan Do You Prefer?" question 42. Republicans favored eliminating more deductions. It's really easy to sup

>>In that poll you linked to, see the "Which Type of Plan Do You Prefer?" question 42. Republicans favored eliminating more deductions. It's really easy to support eliminating generic tax expenditures. The rubber meets the road when you start listing out the highest cost ones: exclusion of fringe benefits from income; tax advantaged retirement accounts, contributions, and limited social security taxability; mortgage interest deduction and home sale capital gains exclusion, charitable deduction, deduction for state and local taxes, preferential rates for capital gain and dividend income, capital gain basis step up at death, child tax credit and child tax exemption. >> "Reducing some government programs and services that benefit people like you?" vs "Cutting spending on some government programs and services that benefit people like you?" What's the difference? Are you really going to tell me that these spending cuts are going to be pain free because it'll just come out of waste, fraud and abuse? Edit in lieu of further nesting: fair enough.