From a very recent Rasmussen poll:
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans say the size of the federal budget deficit is due more to the unwillingness of politicians to cut government spending than to the reluctance of taxpayers to pay more in taxes.
Considering the public pillorying that occurs every time a politician dares to suggest cuts, I find that percentage to be absolutely astonishing.
Are we really this schizophrenic?