Greg Sargent: Public backs Occupy Wall Street, and wants to tax rich to fund action on jobs

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The Morning Plum
By Greg Sargent

Public backs Occupy Wall Street, and wants to tax rich to fund action on jobs:

The new National Journal poll spells it out as clearly as you could want: A majority of Americans agrees with the Occupy Wall Street protestors and is paying attention to the protests — even as an even bigger majority also backs the Dem plan for a surtax on millionaires to pay for the government to act on unemployment.

The poll finds that 59 percent of Americans completely agree or somewhat agree with the protestors, and, crucially, that almost two thirds say they’ve heard “a lot” or “some” about the rallies. Meanwhile, 68 percent back hiking taxes on millionaires to pay for the Dem jobs plan.

And get this: Nearly one third of Republicans agree with the protesters, and 37 percent of them back the millionaire surtax.

Has the public spoken clearly enough on these matters yet? What more will it take?

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