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Other polls taken in the last eight months confirm the pattern. In December, Reuters asked Americans which of six budget items we could ?afford to cut back on.? Defense was the most commonly selected option, outpolling education, Medicare, and Social Security. In February, CBS/New York Times interviewers asked a national sample ?which of the following programs would you be willing to change in order to cut spending?? Thirteen percent picked Social Security, 15 percent picked Medicare, and 52 percent picked the military. A simultaneous National Journal survey offered respondents five areas?Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, Medicaid, and defense?and asked whether, in each case, ?spending should be cut back a lot, some, or not at all to help reduce the deficit.? Defense was the only target on which an affirmative majority agreed, with 60 percent endorsing cuts and only 35 percent opposing them. In April, an academic consortium headed by the Program for Public Consultation asked U.S. adults whether, in view of the federal deficit, Congress should raise some taxes, ?reduce national defense spending,? or ?reduce non-defense spending.? Respondents were invited to choose any combination of these options. Twenty-seven percent endorsed tax hikes. Fifty percent endorsed cuts in non-defense spending. Sixty-two percent endorsed defense cuts.

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