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| US finance crisis deepens | |
| 2008-09-30 | |
| NEARLY nine out of 10 Americans believe Congress' failure to pass a financial system rescue package has worsened the crisis, and 44 per cent blame the Republicans, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll released today. Fully 88 per cent of Americans said the collapse of the bailout bill took the country even deeper into crisis, and 51 per cent said they were very concerned. Forty-four per cent of those surveyed blamed the Republicans while 21 per cent put the blame at the Democrats' feet.
Americans were deeply divided on the content of the plan: 45 per cent said they support it while 47 per cent were opposed, the poll showed. Sixty-one per cent of those surveyed said Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's plan did too little for ordinary Americans. President George W. Bush was blamed for the current financial morass by 25 per cent; while 18 per cent blamed financial institutions themselves; eight per cent the government; and eight per cent the Democrat-led Congress. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 So ... the crisis deepens because a poll of people *think* it did? Also ... 88% felt that not passing the bill made things worse, but only 45% supported it passing? There is some weirdness at play ... mainly using a poll's results as if it's reality. |
| Posted by: ExtremeModerate 2008-09-30 14:47 |