Debt Ceiling Discussions

This weekend I talked to four people from different backgrounds at different times, and the debt ceiling debate came up.  All of them favored deep cuts, but all of them also recommended tax increases or the elimination of tax credits and deductions.  Two suggested raising the cap on taxable income for social security.  Based on this very limited sample, I would extrapolate that Republicans will lose more over this battle politically.  When regular folks are suggesting that taxes need to go up, they probably need to go up