When faced with a budget crisis, most Americans think "it's always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money."
Voters overwhelmingly prefer a free market economy to an economy managed by the government and think government economic control helps big businesses at the expense of small ones.
Most Americans feel the federal government has too much money and doesn't spend it well.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced today his committee’s intent to combat persistently low inflation and high unemployment rates, calling the situation “a case for further action.”
Americans continue to show a lack of confidence in the stability of the U.S. banking industry.
When it comes to the economy, the message from Americans is clear: Leave it in the hands of the private sector and not the government.
