In public opinion polls, more than 80 percent of Americans say they favor raising the minimum wage.

But he did not say if he would favor raising the limit for the hospital insurance part of Social Security.

I do not favor raising the retirement age; he has opened the door to that.

Legislators favored raising the sales tax to six percent instead.

However he favored raising the money to do this from the sale of public lands by the Federal government, eliminating interest expenses.

Leaders of both houses said today that, to avoid layoffs, they favored raising some fees and taxes, but not the personal income tax.

The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, favor raising taxes to close the financing gap.

Some members favor raising the band by $5 to $10 a barrel.

In fact, polls show that Americans, by ratios of 4 or 5 to 1, favor raising the minimum wage.

So I ask, rhetorically, does he favor raising the tax?