41% Like Boycotts to Protest Bailouts
A surprising number of voters unhappy with government bailouts are ready to act themselves rather than rely on Congress.
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January 20, 2011
January 20, 2011
High-speed Rail Is a Fast Way to Waste Taxpayer Money By Michael Barone
Where can the new Congress start cutting spending? Here's one obvious answer: high-speed rail. The Obama administration is sending billions of stimulus dollars around the country for rail projects that make no sense and that, if they are ever built, will be a drag on taxpayers indefinitely.
January 20, 2011
Fudging the Facts on Health Care and Deficits By Joe Conason
Facts always matter, but never more so than when politicians deal with issues of real consequence, like health care and budget deficits.
January 20, 2011
Gas Prices Up for Nearly All; 70% Expect $4-A-Gallon Gas by July
Nearly nine-out-of-10 Americans say they are paying more for gas than they were last summer and expect to pay even more six months from now. Most say $4-a-gallon gas is likely by July 1.
January 20, 2011
Presidential Possibilities By Larry J. Sabato
Precisely two years from today, America will be inaugurating a president. But much sooner, the full-blown contest for the White House will begin.
January 20, 2011
Those Who Eat Fast Food Go For Convenience and Cost, Not Quality
Apparently, it's the price and convenience that sells Big Macs,Whoppers and fries, not the way they taste.
January 19, 2011
Scott Rasmussen Makes Top 100 "Dream Talk Show Interview Guests" of 2010 List
NEW YORK, NY (January 19, 2010)-- The results are in from a poll of the Top 100 "Dream Interview Guests" of 2010.
January 19, 2011
SUCCEEDING IN YOUR BUSINESS: Three Ways Technology Is Killing Businesses
It's been more than 30 years now since the first personal computers, and more than 15 years since the Internet, gave us all a digital life. Who today can remember what it was like to do business in the days before e-mail, PowerPoint, laptops, BlackBerries, iPhones, iPods, iPads, mobile apps, Facebook and Twitter?
January 19, 2011
27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Twenty-six percent (26%) of Likely U.S. Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, January 9. That's down a point from last week and back to levels found in early December.
January 19, 2011
Only 51% Say Home Worth More Than When They Bought It
The number of homeowners who say their home is worth more now than when they bought it has plummeted in the past two-and-a-half years.
January 19, 2011
Americans View Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Unfavorably
Congressional Republicans are likely to take a closer look at government-backed mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as they continue to consume billions of taxpayer dollars to cover bad loans. While many Americans have benefited from Fannie and Freddie loans, a majority don't hold high opinions of either one.
January 19, 2011
53% Say Bailouts Have Been Bad for the Country
Most voters still aren’t convinced that government bailouts have been a good idea.
January 19, 2011
Sick People By Susan Estrich
I got my first threat when I was a young law professor. The campus newspaper reported that in teaching criminal law to first-year students, I was not only including rape in the curriculum (unheard of at the time), but was actually telling students of my own experience in the criminal justice system as a rape victim and how it shaped my views on the law. I thought it was a nice piece. My mother thought I was out of my mind. Both appear to be true.
January 19, 2011
How to Combat an Arrogant China? By Lawrence Kudlow
Is there a new Cold War developing between China and the United States? That’s a question hovering over President Hu Jintao and his entourage as they come to Washington to discuss military, trade, and financial flash points with the Obama administration.
January 19, 2011
Voters Think Congress Is Listening A Bit More
With midterm elections over and a new Congress seated, more voters believe most members of Congress care what's on their minds.
January 19, 2011
Avoid GOP Timidity in 2011 By Tony Blankley
What should the congressional GOP's policy objectives be for the next two years regarding federal deficits and prosperity?
January 18, 2011
Majority Think Government Should Help Only Those Who Can Afford Their Mortgages
The debate over the federal government's role in the home mortgage market remains a stalemate even as taxpayers continue to provide billions of dollars to keep government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in business. At issue is whether the duo should continue to make low-cost subprime mortgages available to those who can't necessarily afford them.
January 18, 2011
50% Say Government Puts Wall Street Ahead of Main Street
Americans feel more strongly than ever that the government is more concerned with making Wall Street firms profitable than making the financial system work for the rest of us.
January 18, 2011
56% Say Media Put Too Much Emphasis on Politics in Arizona Shooting Coverage
Voters give mixed marks to the media’s handling of the recent tragic shootings in Arizona, and most say the coverage focused too much on the political angle of the story.
January 18, 2011
Most Think Congress Doesn’t Read What It Votes On, Favor Putting Bills Online Well In Advance
House Speaker John Boehner like many of his predecessors has pledged that the new Congress will be more open and transparent than the previous one, but voters want even more openness than he has promised.
