Add one more government bailout to the list opposed by most Americans. Seventy-six percent (76%) of adults say “no” to using federal funds to bail out troubled life insurance companies, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of Americans are opposed to eliminating all tax deductions even it means tax rates will be lowered, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Just 45% of U.S. voters now think they pay more than their fair share of taxes, the lowest finding on this question since regular tracking began last July.
With one week to go until the federal income tax deadline, 31% of Americans still have not filed their taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone index.
Confidence in the housing market is down again, with just 61% of Americans now saying that buying a home is the best investment most families can make.
The number of U.S. homeowners who say their house is worth more than the amount they still owe on their mortgage is down seven points since December.
Following the Obama administration’s highly-publicized decision to force Rick Wagoner out as head of General Motors last week, Americans are now less supportive of having the government push senior managers out the door.
Forty-four percent (44%) of U.S. voters like the idea of a federal government guarantee of automobile warranties issued by companies that go out of business, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Americans have come a long way from the days when what was good for General Motors was seen as good for the country.
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Americans favor federal government subsidies to keep newspapers in business, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Americans say it is important for the dollar to remain the currency of the United States, including 70% who say it is Very Important.
Economic confidence among small business owners saw its largest jump in confidence in nine months as fewer owners see the economy getting worse and more believe conditions are improving for their own operations, according to the latest Discover® Small Business WatchSM. The monthly index increased more than six points, rising to 78.2 in March from 71.9 in February.
Americans are closely divided over the economic impact of raising taxes on those who make more than $100,000 per year.
Eighty-one percent (81%) of voters nationwide say it’s important to keep the promised middle-class tax cuts in President Obama's $3.6 trillion budget. That figure includes 55% who say it’s Very Important.
Voters have expressed little confidence in government management of the Big Three automakers, but most also felt senior managers of a company should be replaced if it is given taxpayer money to stay in business.
The majority of Americans (57%) say they plan to file their taxes electronically this year rather than by mail, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Only 11% of Americans think a financial institution will run better if it’s run by the federal government, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Just one-out-of-seven Americans (14%) would like to see a 90% tax rate on earnings above a million dollars a year. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 74% are opposed to such a high tax rate for the nation’s highest earners.
Democrats in the Senate are talking of cutting back President Obama's pledge of tax cuts for most Americans in the face of record deficits. But 63% of U.S. voters now say tax cuts would help the economy, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Voters are evenly divided over whether President Obama’s proposed $3.6 trillion budget will help or hurt the economy.
