rssDebt Becomes Americans’ Top Fear
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 at 3:37 pm
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It seems all those deficit hawks have the country spooked. A new Gallup poll says that terrorism and the national debt now rank evenly — above health care costs, unemployment, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the specter of climate change — as the most pressing issues for the American public. To boot, Newsweek notes that Americans can now help pay down the federal debt via donations accepted by credit card.
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Comment posted June 8, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
Will agree to that, and I think it is a phenomenal situation that almost of the society has.
Comment posted June 8, 2010 @ 9:39 pm
Somewhere Pete Peterson is smiling. From the link:
The Republican Party is preferred over the Democratic Party for handling the two top-ranking issues of public concern — terrorism and federal government debt.
“No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.”
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Comment posted June 10, 2010 @ 1:12 pm
It's *extremely* important to point out that Gallup poll is asking about threats to “future wellbeing.” In other words, long-term problems, *not* people's top priority right now. By that standard, the fact that terrorism is tops the list is a bigger surprise…
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