Addendum 1

Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Mankato Growth Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Ma July, 2011

Survey Results
Question

01
Yes No

Is your organization a member of Greater Mankato Growth? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

172
98%
COUNT PERCENT

4
2%

0%

50%

100%

171 1

99% 1%

PAGE 2

Question

Answers

Skips

02
1 - 10 100+

How many employees does your business have? (Mandatory)

172
98%
COUNT PERCENT

4
2%

0%

16.5%

33%

56 54 37 25

33% 31% 22% 15%

26 - 99 11 - 25

PAGE 3

Question

Answers

Skips

03

Where is your business located? (Mandatory)

172
98%
38.5% 77% COUNT PERCENT

4
2%

0%

Mankato North Mankato Other community in the Greater Mankato Region

132 28 12

77% 16% 7%

PAGE 4

Question

Answers

Skips

04

What industry is your business in? (Mandatory)

172
98%
31% 62% COUNT PERCENT

4
2%

0%

Professional/Service (includes all professional and business services, real estate, public administration, education and health care) Primary Economy (includes manufacturing, constructions, wholesale trade, information, transportation, warehousing, natural resources and utilities) Retail/Consumer (includes retail, accommodations, food service, arts, entertainment and recreation)

105

61%

42

24%

25

15%

PAGE 5

Question

Answers

Skips

05
No Yes

Should Congress raise the federal debt limit? (Mandatory)

172
98%
COUNT PERCENT

4
2%

0%

31.5%

63%

108 64

63% 37%

PAGE 6

Question

06
Yes No

Do you believe that raising the federal debt limit will lead to future decits? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

172
98%
PERCENT

4
2%

0%

43%

86%

COUNT

147 25

85% 15%

PAGE 7

Question

07
Will

Do you believe that allowing the federal government to default on its debt WILL or WILL NOT have serious consequences for our country's economy? (Mandatory)
0% 47% 94% COUNT

Answers

Skips

172
98%
PERCENT

4
2%

160 12

93% 7%

Will not

PAGE 8

Question

08
Yes No

Do you believe that increasing the federal debt limit should be accompanied by a signicant reduction in current federal government spending? (Mandatory)
0% 46.5% 93% COUNT

Answers

Skips

172
98%
PERCENT

4
2%

159 13

92% 8%

PAGE 9

Question

09

If you answered Yes to Question 5, then which of the following federal government expenditures should be cut? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

163
93%
28% COUNT

13
7%
PERCENT

0%

14%

Defense spending President Bushs 2001 and 2003 tax cuts Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Other Option Education (e.g. K-12 education, workforce/vocational training programs, higher

98 71 64 50 41

28% 20% 18% 14% 12%

education, etc.) Transportation and infrastructure (e.g. roads, highways, bridges, etc.)

41

12%

27

8%

Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Mankato Growth Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Ma Question 9 Detailed Results July, 2011
Result Details
Question

Addendum 2

09

If you answered Yes to Question 5, then which of the following federal government expenditures should be cut? (Mandatory)
Print 0% 14% 28%

Answers

Skips

163
93%
COUNT

13
7%
PERCENT

Defense spending President Bushs 2001 and 2003 tax cuts Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Other Option Education (e.g. K-12 education, workforce/vocational training programs, higher education, etc.) Transportation and infrastructure (e.g. roads, highways, bridges, etc.)

98 71 64 50 41

27.92% 20.23% 18.23% 14.25% 11.68%

27

7.69%

Answers

Other Responses
It goes deeper than just cutting expenditures. Mr. Walz should be the one to step up and take on issues like the large pensions paid out to non workers. Our state pays out millions of dollars and benits per year to people that do not work for the state any more. We can not aord pensions in the private sector and I wonder if Mr. Walz as a member of the Teachers union is receiving benits from the state of MN even though he is no longer teaching?

50
Wednesday, Jun 29th 8:59AM

12,806,763

an even cut on all expendatures would make the most sense

12,806,475

Wednesday, Jun 29th 8:49AM

12,782,623

spending on foreign countries. Take care of home rst, and only if there is extra, should we help other countries

Tuesday, Jun 28th 12:34PM

not critical expenditures in all areas.

12,759,705

Monday, Jun 27th 2:21PM

12,759,310

since politians cannot agree, lower every dept of gov by a % equally Then later they can pick and choose . and solve the problem as to which should be cut out completely since they are not going to be able to get that accomplished in time.

Monday, Jun 27th 1:41PM

Use a balanced approach to cutting in all areas.

12,756,334

Monday, Jun 27th 9:49AM

Welfare & payment to non Americans

12,754,117

Monday, Jun 27th 6:51AM

12,748,554

I do not consider continuing the Bush tax cuts to be a 'government expenditure' that is tortured logic and wrong thinking

Sunday, Jun 26th 7:25PM

12,741,427

One area to start in is to move away from paper checks and go to a direct deposit system for all government checks.

Sunday, Jun 26th 7:11AM

welfare
12,720,550

Saturday, Jun 25th 11:09AM

Farm and oil subsidies

12,706,545

Friday, Jun 24th 1:24PM

Act like the rest of us and spend responsibly .

12,706,292

Friday, Jun 24th 1:10PM

wasteful government programs and their employees that provide no benet to our citizens
12,705,705

Friday, Jun 24th 12:32PM

A little of each
12,700,272

Friday, Jun 24th 8:47AM

welfare
12,700,069

Friday, Jun 24th 8:34AM

majority of discretionary spending and assistance to foreign countries, CLOSE THE BORDERS AND SEND
12,699,777

Friday, Jun 24th 8:16AM

ILLEGALS HOME

12,699,767

eliminate wasteful, redundant programs, subsidies, totally kill pork, reduce congress's benits. Its their failure to do their jobs that got us here!

Friday, Jun 24th 8:15AM

Eliminate fraud, waste and redundancy of services in all areas.

12,699,315

Friday, Jun 24th 7:41AM

Elimination of lifetime benets for govt. elected ocials and reduction in their pay & benets
12,699,105

Friday, Jun 24th 7:23AM

Cannot cut from just one of these areas. All areas should be considered.
12,699,030

Friday, Jun 24th 7:17AM

12,699,003

All government employees, including our representatives should take reductions in their retirement and health benets as well

Friday, Jun 24th 7:16AM

12,698,629

wasteful expenditures and overpayments for services to government agencies. ex. road work on a state road is paid at a much higher rate than the same work done on acounty or local road. Overpayment on parts for government work. Welfare and programs for people who aren't even American citizens, paid for by those who are and are not able to make it on their own, while working overtime at service jobs.

Friday, Jun 24th 6:51AM

Spread over all programs.

12,698,514

Friday, Jun 24th 6:40AM

12,698,500

All the above have some fat to be cut along with government subsidies, downsize/combine/close federal agencies, congressional gyms, etc. No one or two areas should shoulder the burden but everything has to be on the table and cuts need to come from everywhere.

Friday, Jun 24th 6:39AM

Federal payroll salaries and benets programs.

12,698,325

Friday, Jun 24th 6:24AM

All but the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

12,698,171

Friday, Jun 24th 6:09AM

follow the Simpson Bowles recommendations

12,697,672

Friday, Jun 24th 5:20AM

Congress & House Raises, Tax cuts for the rich,

12,694,535

Thursday, Jun 23rd 11:39PM

We all need to share in the responsibility, burden, and pain of working to x this.
12,693,425

Thursday, Jun 23rd 9:25PM

Pork projects
12,693,028

Thursday, Jun 23rd 8:53PM

Libya, Iraq, NATO

12,692,561

Thursday, Jun 23rd 7:49PM

cut all proportionately

12,691,950

Thursday, Jun 23rd 6:20PM

Duplication of social service and early childhood programs. ALlow private industry torun these as small
12,691,848

Thursday, Jun 23rd 6:08PM

businesses. The government does not have to provide these programs.

Cut all government employees by a minimum of 15%. Cut Waste, Cut Congress salaries and benets. We
12,691,422

are fed up with Government waste. CUT WASTE. Also....repeal the new health plan. Dumbest plan ever approved....and shame on Walz for voting for it.

Thursday, Jun 23rd 5:18PM

An across the Board cut should also be considered

12,691,217

Thursday, Jun 23rd 5:00PM

make entitlement programs more ecient and less dependency-creating

12,691,154

Thursday, Jun 23rd 4:55PM

12,691,078

Illegals Wars like Libya, Giving away our hard earned taxpayer dollars to Illegal aliens and foriegn nations that will stab us in the back!

Thursday, Jun 23rd 4:49PM

12,690,682

Funding for anything must be reduced along with the size of the government payroll. Also cut all the UNNECESSARY funding for silly research projects, aid to foreign governments (except in humanitarian/catastrophic/emergency situations) - until we get our "house" back in order.

Thursday, Jun 23rd 4:08PM

12,690,613

Government benets (especially free health care and retirement), Government advertising, Repeal the internet tax act so we can collect sales tax on internet sales, NASA, Extensions to welfare and unemployment, and dozens of other areas that would aect none of the above.

Thursday, Jun 23rd 4:00PM

welfare programs should be reduced

12,690,569

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:56PM

12,690,556

Abolish the Obama Healthcare plan. Quit Subsidizing ACORN. Give businesses tax cuts that will promote employment that will put more money in the coers. There are alot of places that cuts can be made to reduce waste. Make Congress be on the same programs they expect us to be on. Alot of things would change then. There are two dierent sets of rules.

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:55PM

Reduction in departments (HUD, Education can go for starters)

12,690,525

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:52PM

There are programs that can be cut in every area of the Federal goverment
12,690,488

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:50PM

Combination of the above.

12,690,481

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:49PM

Welfare and social programs

12,690,454

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:47PM

All of the other pork barrel spending that goes on and other social programs
12,690,431

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:45PM

WELFARE
12,690,410

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:43PM

12,690,398

Why would you not have Human Services and Federal jobs as options. We allow our infrastructure to deteriorate, we pour more money into education with declining results, and we hire more federal jobs with ridiculous benets and retirements that create no prosperity, and there isn't a box to check for that. These are nonessential positions that we ll and it isn't a one time payment, but rather ongoing for each aid recipient or government employee. Please maintain our infrastructure and reduce our federal workforce and human services drain.

Thursday, Jun 23rd 3:42PM

Wednesday, Jun

Farm subsidy,
12,667,921

Wednesday, Jun 22nd 7:28AM

small misc. programs that have been added in the past 5 years for goverment funding to items, historical projects, anything that is non esstial or needs attention within one year should be cut. Any funding for a
12,656,833

Tuesday, Jun 21st 11:12AM

new sports stadium should be cut.

Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Mankato Growth Debt No - Survey Conducted by Filter: Limitraise the federal debt limit Greater Ma July, 2011
Survey Results
SHOW ME ONLY PEOPLE IDENTIFIED IN THE ANALYSIS
No - rais e the federal debt limit

Addendum 3

108 MATCHES OUT OF 176 TOTAL

Question

01
Yes No

Is your organization a member of Greater Mankato Growth? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

108
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

50%

100%

107 1

99% 1%

PAGE 2

Question

Answers

Skips

02
1 - 10 100+

How many employees does your business have? (Mandatory)

108
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

19%

38%

40 34 21 13

37% 31% 19% 12%

26 - 99 11 - 25

PAGE 3

Question

Answers

Skips

03

Where is your business located? (Mandatory)

108
100%
38.5% 77% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

Mankato North Mankato Other community in the Greater Mankato Region

83 16 9

77% 15% 8%

PAGE 4

Question

Answers

Skips

04

What industry is your business in? (Mandatory)

108
100%
29.5% 59% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

Professional/Service (includes all professional and business services, real estate, public administration, education and health care) Primary Economy (includes manufacturing, constructions, wholesale trade, information, transportation, warehousing, natural resources and utilities)

63

58%

29

27%

Retail/Consumer (includes retail, accommodations, food service, arts, entertainment and recreation)

16

15%

PAGE 5

Question

Answers

Skips

05
No Yes

Should Congress raise the federal debt limit? (Mandatory)

108
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

50%

100%

108 0

100% 0%

PAGE 6

Question

06
Yes No

Do you believe that raising the federal debt limit will lead to future decits? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

108
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

0%

48%

96%

COUNT

103 5

95% 5%

PAGE 7

Question

07
Will

Do you believe that allowing the federal government to default on its debt WILL or WILL NOT have serious consequences for our country's economy? (Mandatory)
0% 45.5% 91% COUNT

Answers

Skips

108
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

98 10

91% 9%

Will not

PAGE 8

Question

08
Yes No

Do you believe that increasing the federal debt limit should be accompanied by a signicant reduction in current federal government spending? (Mandatory)
0% 48.5% 97% COUNT

Answers

Skips

108
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

104 4

96% 4%

PAGE 9

Question

09

If you answered Yes to Question 5, then which of the following federal government expenditures should be cut? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

120
111%
27% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

13.5%

Defense spending Other Option Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

56 38 37

26% 18% 17%

President Bushs 2001 and 2003 tax cuts Education (e.g. K-12 education, workforce/vocational training programs, higher education, etc.) Transportation and infrastructure (e.g. roads, highways, bridges, etc.)

35 29

17% 14%

17

8%

Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Mankato Growth Filter: Limit raise the federal debt limitGreater Ma Debt Yes - Survey Conducted by July, 2011

Addendum 4

Survey Results
SHOW ME ONLY PEOPLE IDENTIFIED IN THE ANALYSIS
Yes - rais e the federal debt limit

64 MATCHES OUT OF 176 TOTAL

Question

01
Yes No

Is your organization a member of Greater Mankato Growth? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

64
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

50%

100%

64 0

100% 0%

PAGE 2

Question

Answers

Skips

02
100+

How many employees does your business have? (Mandatory)

64
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

16%

32%

20 16 16 12

31% 25% 25% 19%

26 - 99 1 - 10 11 - 25

PAGE 3

Question

Answers

Skips

03

Where is your business located? (Mandatory)

64
100%
38.5% 77% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

Mankato North Mankato Other community in the Greater Mankato Region

49 12 3

77% 19% 5%

PAGE 4

Question

Answers

Skips

04

What industry is your business in? (Mandatory)

64
100%
33% 66% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

Professional/Service (includes all professional and business services, real estate, public administration, education and health care) Primary Economy (includes manufacturing, constructions, wholesale trade, information, transportation, warehousing, natural resources and utilities)

42

66%

13

20%

Retail/Consumer (includes retail, accommodations, food service, arts, entertainment and recreation)

14%

PAGE 5

Question

Answers

Skips

05
Yes No

Should Congress raise the federal debt limit? (Mandatory)

64
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

50%

100%

64 0

100% 0%

PAGE 6

Question

06
Yes No

Do you believe that raising the federal debt limit will lead to future decits? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

64
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

0%

34.5%

69%

COUNT

44 20

69% 31%

PAGE 7

Question

07
Will

Do you believe that allowing the federal government to default on its debt WILL or WILL NOT have serious consequences for our country's economy? (Mandatory)
0% 48.5% 97% COUNT

Answers

Skips

64
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

62 2

97% 3%

Will not

PAGE 8

Question

08
Yes No

Do you believe that increasing the federal debt limit should be accompanied by a signicant reduction in current federal government spending? (Mandatory)
0% 43% 86% COUNT

Answers

Skips

64
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

55 9

86% 14%

PAGE 9

Question

09

If you answered Yes to Question 5, then which of the following federal government expenditures should be cut? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

62
97%
32% COUNT PERCENT

2
3%

0%

16%

Defense spending President Bushs 2001 and 2003 tax cuts Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

42 34 27

31% 25% 20%

Education (e.g. K-12 education, workforce/vocational training programs, higher education, etc.) Other Option Transportation and infrastructure (e.g. roads, highways, bridges, etc.)

12 10 10

9% 7% 7%

Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Mankato Growth Filter: Primary Economy Debt Limit Survey Conducted by Greater Ma July, 2011
Survey Results
SHOW ME ONLY PEOPLE IDENTIFIED IN THE ANALYSIS
Primary Economy

Addendum 5

42 MATCHES OUT OF 176 TOTAL

Question

01
Yes No

Is your organization a member of Greater Mankato Growth? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

42
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

50%

100%

42 0

100% 0%

PAGE 2

Question

Answers

Skips

02
100+

How many employees does your business have? (Mandatory)

42
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

20.5%

41%

17 12 9 4

40% 29% 21% 10%

26 - 99 1 - 10 11 - 25

PAGE 3

Question

Answers

Skips

03

Where is your business located? (Mandatory)

42
100%
35% 70% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

Mankato North Mankato Other community in the Greater Mankato Region

29 8 5

69% 19% 12%

PAGE 4

Question

Answers

Skips

04

What industry is your business in? (Mandatory)

42
100%
50% 100% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

Primary Economy (includes manufacturing, constructions, wholesale trade, information, transportation, warehousing, natural resources and utilities) Retail/Consumer (includes retail, accommodations, food service, arts, entertainment and recreation)

42

100%

0%

Professional/Service (includes all professional and business services, real estate, public administration, education and health care)

0%

PAGE 5

Question

Answers

Skips

05
No Yes

Should Congress raise the federal debt limit? (Mandatory)

42
100%
COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

35%

70%

29 13

69% 31%

PAGE 6

Question

06
Yes No

Do you believe that raising the federal debt limit will lead to future decits? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

42
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

0%

46.5%

93%

COUNT

39 3

93% 7%

PAGE 7

Question

07
Will

Do you believe that allowing the federal government to default on its debt WILL or WILL NOT have serious consequences for our country's economy? (Mandatory)
0% 46.5% 93% COUNT

Answers

Skips

42
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

39 3

93% 7%

Will not

PAGE 8

Question

08
Yes No

Do you believe that increasing the federal debt limit should be accompanied by a signicant reduction in current federal government spending? (Mandatory)
0% 46.5% 93% COUNT

Answers

Skips

42
100%
PERCENT

0
0%

39 3

93% 7%

PAGE 9

Question

09

If you answered Yes to Question 5, then which of the following federal government expenditures should be cut? (Mandatory)

Answers

Skips

44
105%
25% COUNT PERCENT

0
0%

0%

12.5%

Defense spending Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Other Option

23 22 13

24% 23% 14%

President Bushs 2001 and 2003 tax cuts Education (e.g. K-12 education, workforce/vocational training programs, higher education, etc.) Transportation and infrastructure (e.g. roads, highways, bridges, etc.)

13 13

14% 14%

11

12%