Generation Opportunity Poll: As Congress and President Battle on Debt Ceiling, Young Hispanics (18 - 29 Year Olds) Prefer Spending Cuts Over Taxes by Close to 3 to 1

Majority Believe Taxes On Business Profits Are a Barrier to More Hiring

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Generation Opportunity, the new, non-profit, non-partisan organization educating, engaging, and mobilizing young Americans 18-29 years old on the immediate and long-term economic challenges facing the nation – such as the lack of job opportunities and increasing debt and federal spending – is releasing telling new polling numbers on the views of young Hispanics. Hispanics 18-29 years old want to see less government interference, lower taxes on business profits, reduced federal spending in general, and specifically prefer more cuts in federal spending over raising new taxes to get the economy on track.

"The desire to work, the drive to succeed, and the ambition to build financially for the future are shared among all young Americans," said Paul T. Conway, President of Generation Opportunity and a former Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Labor. "Young Americans in every community across the nation have been negatively impacted by unemployment and the lack of opportunity, especially within the Hispanic community, and they know the solution to recovery is not more federal spending, taxes and interference with those who have the courage and resources to create jobs. If elected leaders in Washington think the generation they encouraged to get involved in reshaping the future of America is now simply going to sit back, take instructions to be patient and remain hopeful as they watch their dreams and country put at risk – then they are out of touch with the very citizens who granted them their trust and vote."

INSIGHTS ON AMERICA & THE ECONOMY AMONG YOUNG HISPANICS
Generation Opportunity recently commissioned a poll with the polling company, inc./WomanTrend (April 16 – 22, 2011, +/- 4% margin of error) and highlights some of the results below.

• By nearly a 3:1 ratio, Hispanic young adults prefer "reducing federal spending" (69%) to "raising taxes on individuals" (27%) in order to balance the federal budget.
• 70% of Hispanic young adults would decrease federal spending if given the chance to set America's fiscal priorities.
• A 57%-majority of Hispanics agree that "if taxes on business profits were reduced, companies would be more likely to hire."
• In a separate question, a 56%-majority concurred "the economy grows best when individuals are allowed to create businesses without government interference."
• 61% indicated their agreement with "American Exceptionalism" – described as an ideal of freedom and democracy exclusive and unique to the United States.

Generation Opportunity's release of poll numbers comes shortly after appearing at the 2011 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the economy and opportunity were major topics among the estimated 20,000 attendees. The convention drew Hispanic leaders including elected officials, nationally known business leaders, entrepreneurs, and those involved in public service and non-profit organizations.

More About Generation Opportunity
Generation Opportunity is a non-profit, non-partisan 501 (c)(4) organization that seeks to engage everyone from young adults, to early career professionals, college students, young mothers and fathers, construction workers, current service men and women, veterans, entrepreneurs and all Americans who find themselves dissatisfied with the status quo and willing to create a better tomorrow.

Generation Opportunity operates on a strategy that combines advanced social media tactics with proven field tactics to reach Americans 18-29. The organization announced its first communications platform – "Being American," a Facebook page that has already amassed a fan base of more than 847,000. The page posts links to relevant articles and reports from sources ranging from the federal General Accountability Office (GAO), to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Brookings Institution, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and The Heritage Foundation.

Read about Generation Opportunity here and visit "Being American" on Facebook by clicking here. 

For our Spanish-language page – Generacion Oportunidad – click here.

Contact: Matthew Faraci
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SOURCE Generation Opportunity