Bradley in DC
09-28-2008, 12:38 PM
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/51_say_bailout_plan_is_a_power_grab
51% Say Bailout Plan Is A Power Grab
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans think politicians are more interested in gaining additional power than in fixing the economy with the proposed $700-billion taxpayer-backed financial rescue plan.
Thirty percent (30%) say they’re more interested in righting the troubled economy, according to a new Rasmussen reports national telephone survey taken Thursday and Friday nights. Nineteen percent (19%) aren’t sure.
But then one-third of adults (33%) believe U.S. political leaders are trying to scare Americans into supporting the bailout proposal by making the economy seem worse than it really is. Only slightly more (39%) disagree, and 27% are undecided. . .
Adults are evenly divided on whether passing the bailout plan would be good for the economy. Thirty-two percent (32%) say passing the plan would be worse for the economy; 33% say failing to pass it would be worse, and 35% are undecided. . .
In a separate survey released today, just 24% of voters favor the plan first proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson a week ago and the subject of very public negotiations on Capitol Hill ever since. . .
51% Say Bailout Plan Is A Power Grab
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans think politicians are more interested in gaining additional power than in fixing the economy with the proposed $700-billion taxpayer-backed financial rescue plan.
Thirty percent (30%) say they’re more interested in righting the troubled economy, according to a new Rasmussen reports national telephone survey taken Thursday and Friday nights. Nineteen percent (19%) aren’t sure.
But then one-third of adults (33%) believe U.S. political leaders are trying to scare Americans into supporting the bailout proposal by making the economy seem worse than it really is. Only slightly more (39%) disagree, and 27% are undecided. . .
Adults are evenly divided on whether passing the bailout plan would be good for the economy. Thirty-two percent (32%) say passing the plan would be worse for the economy; 33% say failing to pass it would be worse, and 35% are undecided. . .
In a separate survey released today, just 24% of voters favor the plan first proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson a week ago and the subject of very public negotiations on Capitol Hill ever since. . .