1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

"Considering the current problems with the economy and job losses in Florida, any state tax increase would be the wrong thing for Florida's economy right now"

2. Which do you believe is the best way to stimulate the economy and create jobs?

3. Florida's legislature is required by our State Constitution to pass a balanced budget. The current economy has led to a large reduction in tax revenues to fund state programs. Which of the following statements comes closest to your own personal opinion?

4. In your opinion, which is the better way to get Florida's economy moving in the right direction?

5. From what you have seen, read or heard, do you think the proposed cuts to the state budget would be too deep, about the right amount or not deep enough?

6. Please tell me which of the following statements comes closest to your own personal opinion.

7. Cutting the health care benefits for state government workers by requiring them to pay for a small portion of their health insurance costs.

8. Scaling back and relaxing some of the requirements on Florida's Class Size measure, which would allow local educators and teachers to make the decisions regarding class sizes, instead of the current hard cap requirements that are now mandated for every school in the state.

9. Implementing zero-based budgeting to force state agencies to justify every tax dollar they expend.

10. Temporarily suspending state spending for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive lands as a way to reduce the state budget until the economy recovers.

11. A proposal to raise local property taxes by 10% in order to fill a $1 billion budget shortfall for public schools.

12. Raising the state sales tax $1 billion in order to help solve the state's budget problems.

13. The taxpayers of Florida are already overtaxed, and there is enough money in the state budget to solve the state's budget problems without raising taxes.

14. Providing Florida's good teachers with "merit pay" or pay increases when their students consistently score above the state average on standardized tests.