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March 2009

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March 23, 2009

45% Say Stop All Bailouts for Financial Industry

Forty-five percent (45%) of American adults say it’s time to stop all bailout funding for the financial industry. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 34% disagree while 21% are not sure.

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March 23, 2009

57% Support 90% Tax on AIG Post-Bailout Bonuses

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters favor imposing a 90% tax on bonuses paid by American International Group (AIG) and other firms that receive government bailout money, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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March 21, 2009

Most Americans Say Let AIG Go Out of Business, Political Class Disagrees

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of American adults say it’s better for the economy to let American International Group (AIG) go out of business rather than providing federal subsidies to keep the insurance giant afloat.

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March 19, 2009

68% Say Bailout Money Is Going To Those Who Caused The Economic Crisis

Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Americans now say most of the taxpayer money given out as bailouts is going to the very people
who created the country’s current economic crisis.

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March 9, 2009

19% Report Their Bank Has Been Bailed Out

Nearly one-out-of-five Americans (19%) say their primary bank has received federal bailout money, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.