Is Public Opinion Really Anti- Tax and Pro-Spending Cuts?

 Raising State Government Revenue  Distrust & State Government Spending  Accountability  Dedicated Spending  Fairness  Public Aversion to Spending Cuts?  Defining the Choices  Bad Government v. Limited Government  Smart Government v. Limited Government  The Politics of Tax Cuts and the Costs of Jumping Off the Budgetary Cliff

 A “New Louisiana” v. Anti-Tax Sentiment  Framing the Debate  Defining Choices  Bad Government v. Limited Government  Smart Government v. Limited Government  The Political Consequences of “No New Taxes”

 Barometer of Louisiana public opinion,  Beginning in 2009, dual frame sampling of landline and cell phone populations  Each survey includes 800-1,000 respondents  The 2010 Louisiana Survey is based 913 total respondents including 510 landline telephone interviews and 403 cell phone interviews (+/- 3.2 margin of error, +/- 4.3 on landline)  Weighted to reflect current population estimates from the American Community Survey and based on NHIS estimates of telephone use.