Voters are a little more concerned this month that the government will not do enough to help fix the economy and a bit more confident that last year's $787-billion stimulus plan has actually been a benefit.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 39% of likely voters are now more worried the government will not do enough in response to the country's current economic problems. That’s up four points from December and is the highest result found since October.

Still, 49% are more worried the government will do too much to fix the economy, down from 52% in December and the lowest level measured since October. Another 12% are undecided.

At the same time, 35% now say the stimulus package helped the economy, a five-point gain from December. Thirty-one percent (31%) say the plan has hurt the overall economy, but that's down seven points from last month. December was the first month in which a plurality had a negative assessment of the stimulus. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say the plan had no impact.

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The majority of Republicans (76%) and voters not affiliated with either major party (57%) continue to worry the government will do too much to fix current economic problems. Most Democrats (67%) fear the government will not do enough.

Similarly, 66% of the Political Class worry the government's won't do enough, while the identical number (66%) of Mainstream voters fear too much government help for the economy.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters nationwide now believe Congress should drop health care reform and focus on more immediate ways to improve the economy and create jobs.

But recent polling also shows that most voters still don't approve of the government bailouts of the financial industry and troubled automakers General Motors and Chrysler.

Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Americans believe it’s more likely that GM will become profitable again rather than need additional bailouts, but 45% say the automaker is more likely to need more government help to stay in business. They're even more dubious about Chrysler's prospects.

Twenty-six percent (26%) of Americans say they are at least somewhat likely to buy or lease a car in the next year, but just 12% say they are very likely to do so.

Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters continue to blame the recession that began under the Bush administration for the nation’s current economic woes, while 41% say President Obama's policies are at fault.

Cutting the federal deficit is still the most important of the budget priorities the president detailed at the beginning of his term for a plurality of voters, but it's also viewed as the one he is least likely to accomplish. Health care reform is the budget goal voters think Obama is most likely to accomplish, but confidence that he will achieve it has fallen dramatically over the past month.

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