Robert (*72*)
New Harvard-Harris survey Made on February 19 and 20, they stated that as many as 72 percent of Americans claim that they support the American government agency devoted to performance efforts, and 60 percent claims that the Department of the White Government of the House of President Donald Trump (Doge) makes serious cuts.
This includes 67 percent of independent, 60 percent of democrats and 89 percent of Republicans, who believe that there should be an agency dedicated to performance, and 57 percent independent, 37 percent of democrats and 85 percent of Republicans who believe that Doge makes immense cuts.
59 percent claims that he supports cutting expenses, which have already been assigned by Congress, including 55 percent of independent, 35 percent of democrats and 85 percent of Republicans.
And 52 percent wants Doge to look at each element of the federal budget, including 47 percent of independent, 32 percent of democrats and 76 percent of republicans.
But with a reservation: 58 percent wants to make sure that personal, confidential information of Americans is restricted, including 63 percent of independent, 75 percent of democrats and 39 percent of republicans.
In this respect, federal law already protects the personal data of Americans, including social insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and tax documentation, security that apply to all government employees who obtain them. For example, 26 USC SEC. 6103 already imposes restrictions on access to information on the tax return, 42 USC SEC. 405B It predicts how updated and controlled social insurance databases can be to prevent fraud and so on.
Therefore, there may not be too much for Congress to do there, because the personal data of people receiving government benefits are already restricted in terms of public disclosure. But the White House may want to remind American residents about how the information is served, whether by the Treasury Department, Social Insurance Administration, etc. When carrying out the inspection.
This is still good news for Trump. As it turns out, when the president runs and focuses on limiting the waste of expenses in the federal government, he is very popular among the American people. In the same survey, 52 percent of Americans claims that President Donald Trump, who includes the work of Doge, located in the White House, in order to solve the prodigal expenses.
This includes 45 percent of the independent, 18 percent of democrats and 89 percent of Republicans who claim to approve his work by Trump.
These are definitely (*60*) best approval numbers It has ever experienced Since he became a politician in 2015And he confirms his win in the popular voting in the 2024 elections.
It is a mandate with a clearly expressed mission to reduce the size and scope of the government gives President Trump and the Congress controlled by the Republicans a lot of political capital, when the eyes begin to turn towards the budget process at home and the Senate.
As it turns out, as long as voters like what Trump and Doge do, they want Congress to play a role in determining the priorities of expenses, and 58 percent claims that he wants Congress to determine how the government spends its money. But only 51 percent claims that he trusts Congress and 49 percent tell the president.
In other words, voters want Trump to lead Congress in their crusade against prodigal expenses. They want Congress to decide on this task when they undertake a budget process. This is a clear signal for the speaker of the house of Mike Johnson (R-la.) And the leader of most of the Senate, John Thune (rs.d.) to seriously approach the budget-in the case of cuts proposed by Trump and Doge.
As for this, this is a clear mandate to act.
67 percent claims that the debt of $ 36 trillion is unbalanced, including 74 percent of independent, 66 percent of democrats and 63 percent of Republicans.
83 percent claims that the government should make moves to balance the budget, calling it realistic, including 79 percent of independent, 76 percent of democrats and 92 percent of republicans.
That’s not surprising. It increases by an average of over 8 percent a year from 1980, public debt can flow to almost $ 80 trillion in the next decade and reach $ 100 trillion soon, after 2038 or more or less, the debt will be more than twice as high as the economy. Voters want the government to act.
Reaching there will require challenging choices, but some are not so challenging in the eyes of public opinion. For example, 81 percent support the deportation of illegal immigrants who committed crimes, including 80 percent of independent, 70 percent of democrats and 92 percent of Republicans.
Guess, what is a crime except an illegal arrival? Collecting public benefits.
In a similar spirit, 76 percent support the full scale of efforts to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in federal expenses, including 74 percent of independent, 62 percent of democrats and 92 percent of republicans.
It is a fine again, but not an empty control. Voters definitely want President Trump to eradicate all waste, fraud and abuse of the government, but they want private, confidential information to be protected in this process, and also want Congress to play a significant role in setting expenditure priorities.
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Robert (*72*) is the Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government Foundation.
