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The economy remains a key worry for most Americans.
It’s still the economy, people.
Despite signs the economy is improving, a new poll finds Americans are still most worried about – you guessed it – the economy.
And when that’s not keeping us up at night, there’s a host of other pocketbook issues to fill our worried minds, the Gallup poll released Wednesday finds.
The poll, conducted in early March, found that 71 percent of Americans worry a great deal about the economy. That’s the same percentage as a year ago and shows that even a dropping unemployment rate and other signs of economic improvement are doing little to ease our concerns about the country’s economic future.
Gas prices, which currently average around $3.90 a gallon, also topped the list of worries, with 65 percent of Americans saying they worry a great deal about pain at the pump.
In addition, 60 percent worry a great deal about the affordability and availability of health insurance, and 55 percent are worried about unemployment.
Other big picture economic issues also appear to be keeping us up at night, including federal spending, the budget deficit and Social Security.
Many more respondents said they worry a fair amount about these issues, leaving only a minority who said they weren’t concerned at all.
Economic issues appeared to be much more of a concern than other social and political issues such as environmental issues, illegal immigration, race relations or the possibility of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
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yep...because GWB did such a bang up job with starting two unfunded wars and getting rid of banking and other finacial regulations, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and most other things. Yep, life was gravy with GWB in office. The collaps of our economy under his watch was just dandy. I hope we can have more wars that are not paid for. Only president to fight a war and not raise taxes to pay for it. I hope we can do away with more govt regulation on wall street so they can gamble with more of other people's money. I mean Enron SHOULD be the example..right?
What keeps me awake at night? Wondering why people can't make the connection between what they percieve as "good"- economic growth, jobs for all, thriving economy- and what they would most certainly perceive as bad- climate change to the level that our children and grandchildren will suffer greatly. We may well be past the moment when we could prevent catastrophic climate destruction- yet most of us seem concerned only with today's paycheck and whether we'll have enough money this year to get more stuff and fill our ever bigger cars with gasoline to drive to the grocery store.
Get it-more jobs, a "recovered" economy, economic growth, etc...WILL increase climate change. Does anyone else see a disconnect here?!
Gas prices keep people up at night? Gas prices go up and down, year by year. It's an everyday expense, so folks should just look for ways to conserve gas.
Real issues to create a lack of sleep are things that can truly destory your life and vaporize your life savings. A major medical expense is one of them. If Obama's healthcare care gets thrown out, then fine. But this nation will still need some approaches for making sure citizens can get care, when they need it, without going in to personal bankruptcy. The problem remains, regardless of how you feel about Obama.
The other long term concern we should all have is education for our children. We are currently raising a new generation of poorly educated and not-so-bright children. Too many parents are lax in this area and a much better educated citizenry and work force is needed - and the solution starts at home, not in the schools.
We are headed for a financial debt crisis no matter who wins the elections in November; our national debt has grown too large, too fast and continues to spiral upward. Corporations know it, which is why they are maintaining huge balance sheets and keeping money on the sidelines instead of investing it by growing their operations in this country. Those with financial assets and have the benefit of good financial advice know it and continue preparations to deal with it, which is why they maintain a conservative posture ready to act as the crisis hits. It is remarkably easy to prepare for a financial crisis when you can see it coming. At this point the only real question is how deep an economic crisis it will be.
*sigh*
Obama and Holder need to be place in a jail cell for a long time.