45% Say Cancel Rest of Stimulus Spending

Read the Rasmussen Reports on Stimulus pending show 48% of Americans don't believe the Stimulus Spending package will improve the economy.

Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans say the rest of the new government spending authorized in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan should now be canceled.

Only 31% of Americans believe the new government spending in the stimulus package creates new jobs. Forty-eight percent (48%) say the stimulus spending does not create jobs, and 21% are not sure.

Americans have mixed feelings about whether speeding up the new government spending in the stimulus package will help the economy. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say the increased spending will be good for the economy, but 44% say it will be bad. Eight percent (8%) think it will have no impact.

Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans believe that increases in government spending are generally bad for the economy. For nearly four-out-of-five U.S. voters, the unwillingness of politicians to control government spending is a bigger problem than the public’s resistance to more taxes.

Most voters continue to worry that the federal government will do too much in reacting to the country’s current economic problems.

As for canceling the rest of the stimulus spending, most Republicans and say cancel it while most Democrats disagree. Unaffiliated adults are more closely divided, but 44% believe the spending should be stopped. Most investors also say the new spending should be canceled.