43% Say Free Market Is Best Anti-Poverty Program
Americans definitely prefer the free market to government regulation, but they’re less confident in an unbridled marketplace as a response to poverty.
Americans definitely prefer the free market to government regulation, but they’re less confident in an unbridled marketplace as a response to poverty.
A plurality of Americans (43%) believe that government programs increase poverty in America.
President Obama this week proposed a long-term federal jobs program with a $50 billion price tag, but 61% of U.S. voters say cutting government spending and deficits will do more to create jobs than the president's new program.