You can't fool all of the people all of the time

Despite lingering anxiety over the Great Recession, Americans by a large margin want their federal government to focus more on cutting debt than on increasing spending even temporarily to boost the economy, according to a new McClatchy Newspapers-Marist poll.

Given a choice, 59 percent of Americans prefer reducing debt even if that slows the economic recovery, while 33 percent prefer new government efforts to stimulate the economy even if it means more federal spending.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015518622_debtpoll06.html?syndication=rss

If only our leaders were as wise as our citizens.