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[ex_lost_kit]

Public Support for Economic Recovery Plan Slips to 42%Public support for the economic recovery plan crafted by President Obamaand congressional Democrats has slipped a bit over the past week. At the same time, expectations that the plan will quickly become law have increased

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[nothingmuch]

Gallup has it at 52% support, 37% oppose.

Why do Americans Republicans love recessions so much?

Fixed that for ya. :D

Nate Silver tells it true....

[txvoodoo]

The Stimulus: Still Popular After All These Weeks

I've seen it asserted, assumed or alleged in many places that the stimulus package is hemorrhaging public support and might become something of an albatross around the Obama administration's neck. While I don't doubt that the stimulus could become unpopular down the road, the there is little evidence that it is unpopular in the here and now.

All polling of the stimulus to date, in fact, has shown at least a plurality and usually a majority of Americans in support, with margins varying depending on question wording, how the pollster constructs its sample, and so forth

[3goodtimes]

Other recent polling shows that 59% are concerned that government spending will increase too much.

I wanna know where the fuck these people were the past eight years. Why is it that the increasing deficit was basically ignored until the very end of the Bush administration when the economy finally fell over the edge? Suddenly they give a shit? I guess only Republicans are allowed to spend government money without question.

But it's not my issue since I believe investing money in public programs should be a good chunk of the stimulus.

[ex_lost_kit]

So do you like sit and reload ontd_p all day so you can post this within 5 minutes of everytime I make a thread?

[escherichiacola]

You where just waiting for a reply so you could post this XD

[loud99]

This is because a bunch of ignorant Americans have allowed themselves to be sucked into the plethora of Republican bullshit that has been on every single news channel for the past week.

[ex_lost_kit]

Yeah that must be it.

[ytterbius]

That's what I'm thinking.

If the Republicans succeed in delaying the thing (for much longer), watch the markets start to fall again. That'll kick the people into support.

[screamingintune]

It's true. Take a look at CNN, which many people mistakenly believe to be neutral. But all you hear is Lou Dobbs screaming his fat white head off about it, and Anderson Cooper parroting whatever the Daily Corporate Talking Point is.

[apocalypsos]