Questions - Social Security - December 29-30, 2011
55% View Social Security Favorably, But Only 48% Think It’s A Good Deal
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National
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted December 29-30, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Do you have a very
favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable
impression of Social Security?
2* How confident are
you that the Social Security system will pay you all promised retirement
benefits during your lifetime?
3* Is Social Security
a good deal for working Americans today?
4* Are Social
Security taxes paid into a Trust Fund that can legally be used only for paying
Social Security benefits, or does the government have the right to spend Social
Security taxes any way it wants?
5* Which would
provide more security for retirees: Making sure the Social Security Trust Fund
is protected and adequately funded, or getting rid of the Trust Fund and having
the federal government pay all promised benefits out of the annual operating
budget?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence