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Poll Watch: 67 Per Cent Say They Could Do a Better Job on the Economy Than Congress
Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
There has been a “Deal” in the Democrat/Obama Economic Stimulus bill in the House Senate-Conference Committee and the bill with ONLY three Republican Senators supporting it is scheduled to clear the Senate Thursday with the President signing it into law on Friday.But, that is contrary to the latest polling that says Americans are more confident in their own ability to affect the economy.
When it comes to the nation’s economic issues, 67% of U.S. voters have more confidence in their own judgment than they do in the average member of Congress.
Nineteen percent (19%) trust members of Congress more, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Fourteen percent (14%) aren’t sure.
Republicans and unaffiliated voters by double digits have more confidence in themselves than Democrats do, but even a majority of the party that controls Congress trust themselves more than the average legislator.
Forty-four percent (44%) voters also think a group of people selected at random from the phone book would do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress, but 37% disagree. Twenty percent (20%) are undecided.
The new Congress fares worse on this question that the previous Congress. Last October, just 33% said a randomly selected group of Americans would do a better job than the Congress then in session.
Although an $800-billion-plus economic rescue plan has now passed both the House and Senate, the overwhelming majority of voters are not confident that Congress knows what it’s doing with regards to the economy. Fifty-eight percent (58%) agree, too, that “no matter how bad things are, Congress can always find a way to make them worse.â€
Well, the American voting public has what Congress wanted for them – all $789 Billion worth. And, will have the pleasure of paying it back.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, predicted the bill “will be the beginning of the turnaround for the American economy.”
Reid said the legislation would create 3.5 million jobs.
The Democrats and President Obama OWN this STIMULUS law because it is their creation. When the economy does not rapidly improve and 1970’s style inflation/stagflation reappears.
Don’t say the GOP didn’t tell you so.
Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus Bill, PORKULUS, HR. 1, S.1
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Obama Bait and Switch – PORKULUS: Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Economic Bailouts
Flap thought Barack Obama ran on “change”- America from the Borrow-and-Spend ways of the Republican Party that has left America $11 Trillion dollars in debt.Bait and switch with a $9.7 Trillion government bailout?
Here is John McCain on yesterday’s Face the Nation on why he and all Republicans except for Senators Specter, Collins and Snowe will or have voted against the Democrat/Obama Economic Stimulus Bill, S.1 or HR. 1.
Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, PORKULUS, S.1, HR 1, Economic Stimulus Bill
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Day By Day by Chris Muir January 30, 2009 – Percentage
Day By Day by Chris MuirThe House passed HR 1 Barack Obama’s Economic Stimulus bill the other day with NO GOP votes and 11 defections from his own party. The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate where debate begins on Monday.In the meantime, Obama has schmoozed Congressional leaders with “WAGYU STEAK” in order to gain passage.
Exit question: Will GOP Senators roll over on the bill, unlike their House counterparts?History has not been favorable for the GOP Senate Caucus to exert party discipline.
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