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06-18-2009, 02:25 AM
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Poll: Public increasingly concerned about deficit
NBC/WSJ survey also shows concern over intervention in private sector
By Mark Murray
Deputy political director
NBC News
updated 6:37 p.m. ET, Wed., June 17, 2009
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Deputy political director
WASHINGTON - As the young Obama administration spends trillions of dollars in its effort to turn around the nation’s economy and revive the U.S. auto industry, the American public is growing concerned about the size of the budget deficit and the government’s intervention into the private sector, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
Nearly seven in 10 have serious reservations about the federal government’s ownership stake in General Motors. Almost 60 percent say that President Obama and Congress should worry more about keeping the deficit down — even if that means it will take longer for the economy to recover. And fewer than half of Americans have confidence in the president’s policies to improve the economy.
Obama remains a popular figure in the poll. But these numbers on the deficit and the government’s intervention seem to mark a new period for the administration, as the public moves from welcoming his inauguration and first days in office to examining his initial actions as president.
more at the link.....www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31407851/ns/politics-white_house/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31407851/ns/politics-white_house/)
maybe his honeymoon period is over and people are seeing him for what his version of hope and change really stands for.
Poll: Public increasingly concerned about deficit
NBC/WSJ survey also shows concern over intervention in private sector
By Mark Murray
Deputy political director
NBC News
updated 6:37 p.m. ET, Wed., June 17, 2009
http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/i/msnbc/Test-Dev/donna/msnbc10/Launch%20images/byline_nbcnews.gif
http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Bylines/mugs/NBC%20News/nbc_murray_mark.thumb.jpgMark Murray
Deputy political director
WASHINGTON - As the young Obama administration spends trillions of dollars in its effort to turn around the nation’s economy and revive the U.S. auto industry, the American public is growing concerned about the size of the budget deficit and the government’s intervention into the private sector, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
Nearly seven in 10 have serious reservations about the federal government’s ownership stake in General Motors. Almost 60 percent say that President Obama and Congress should worry more about keeping the deficit down — even if that means it will take longer for the economy to recover. And fewer than half of Americans have confidence in the president’s policies to improve the economy.
Obama remains a popular figure in the poll. But these numbers on the deficit and the government’s intervention seem to mark a new period for the administration, as the public moves from welcoming his inauguration and first days in office to examining his initial actions as president.
more at the link.....www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31407851/ns/politics-white_house/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31407851/ns/politics-white_house/)
maybe his honeymoon period is over and people are seeing him for what his version of hope and change really stands for.