The Nation | What Would the Public Do?: "In a fascinating new study released last week, the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) explained Bush's budget to a representative sample group of respondents and asked what they'd do differently. The results should be a wake up call to elected officials on Capitol Hill.

'The most dramatic changes were deep cuts in defense spending, a significant relocation toward deficit reduction, and increases in spending on education, job training, reducing reliance on oil, and veterans,' the study found. 'These changes were favored by both Republicans and Democrats.'"

(Via The Nation Weblogs.)