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February 2009

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February 24, 2009

54% Say ‘No’ To All Bailouts

Bailouts, bailouts everywhere, and not an end in sight.

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February 13, 2009

Voters Predicted Congress Would Approve Stimulus Package Without Reading It

Democratic leaders promised their congressional colleagues they would give them 48 hours to read the 1,000-page long $789-billion economic stimulus plan before they had to vote on it.

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February 12, 2009

66% Are Worried Government Will Run Out of Money

Americans are a little more confident now than late last year about how much money the federal government has left in the bank – even as Congress and the Obama Administration plan to spend hundreds of billions more of taxpayer dollars.

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February 12, 2009

Most Americans Expect Economic Plans To Waste Money

Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans say it is very likely that a large amount of taxpayer money in the proposed bank bailout plan and the new economic recovery plan will be wasted, due to inadequate oversight by the government.

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February 11, 2009

56% Oppose Any More Government Help For Banks

While the Obama Administration is pledging up to $2.5 trillion in support for the troubled U.S. financial system, 56% of Americans oppose giving bankers any additional government money or any guarantees backed by the government.