Sixty-one percent of Americans say raise taxes on wealthy to cut deficit

Warning: don't hold your breath waiting for this to happen:

Raising taxes on the rich beats out cuts to defense spending, Medicare or Social Security as U.S. adults' top preference on how to close the deficit, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll.

Sixty-one percent of Americans said that increasing taxes to the wealthy should be the first step toward balancing the budget.

We already know taxes won't be raised on the rich and that defense spending won't be cut, which leaves ...