Even Republicans Want Progressive Economic Policies

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http://www.alternet.org/economy/even-republicans-want-progressive-economic-policies



Business Insider magazine recently polled a group of registered voters, asking them for their preferences on three different Congressional plans that have been floated to help the nation avoid damage from the looming sequester.

The poll found that when the voters didn't know which plan was whose, the policies that most voters preferred were those offered up by the Progressives Caucus in the House of Representatives.

More than half of those polled favored “The Balancing Act” plan, proposed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Shockingly, 47 percent of Republicans polled preferred the House Progressive approach, instead of the across the board cuts proposed by Republican Congressional leaders.

According to Business Insider, the results show that not only is America not a “centrist” country like is commonly believed, but that the policy ideas most attractive to American voters are those that are most often put on the backburner, receiving little attention and publicity from the corporate media.

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1. It must worry the leaders of the GOP that their own base doesn't buy their economic policies.

Of course, their leaders are good at firing up their base about the threat of "Democratic big government" so their base marginalizes themselves. Still knowing what might happen if 'the curtain' is ever pulled away and their base figures out facts about competing economic policies, has to worry the big boys just a little.