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.
Two-thirds of U.S. voters (66%) think President Obama is likely to raise taxes on people who less than $250,000 per year. That figure includes 47% who say he is Very Likely to do so.
American attitudes about regulating executive compensation are very clear: If taxpayers help a company stay in business, the government should regulate executive pay and bonuses. But if no taxpayer money is involved, the government should keep its hands off.
Eighty-one percent (81%) of U.S. voters say Congress does not have the right to raise taxes on all Americans retroactively, even as the legislators are considering such legislation to punish those who got bonuses from American International Group (AIG).
Three-out—of-four Americans (75%) personally know someone who has been laid off from their job in the current economic crisis. That figure includes 40% who know at least four people who have been laid off.
Forty-five percent (45%) of American adults say it’s time to stop all bailout funding for the financial industry. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 34% disagree while 21% are not sure.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters favor imposing a 90% tax on bonuses paid by American International Group (AIG) and other firms that receive government bailout money, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of American adults say it’s better for the economy to let American International Group (AIG) go out of business rather than providing federal subsidies to keep the insurance giant afloat.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Americans now say most of the taxpayer money given out as bailouts is going to the very people
who created the country’s current economic crisis.
Fifty percent (50%) of U.S. voters now say they are more worried that the government will do too much in reacting to the nation’s economic problems rather than not enough.
Forty-seven percent (47%) of Americans have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of labor unions. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that nearly as many--44%--view unions at least somewhat unfavorably.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans say it is fair to require a vote by secret ballot if workers want to form a union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 18% say it is not fair to require a secret ballot.
The recession has forced nearly two in five (39 percent) Americans to save less for their golden years, but it hasn't changed their perception about whether middle income families can save for retirement.
Union members tend to believe that most workers want to join a labor union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of union members hold that view while only 18% disagree.
Consumer and investor confidence increased dramatically over the past week after falling to record lows. On Sunday morning, March 15, the Rasmussen Consumer Index rose to the highest level since November 5, the morning after Barack Obama was elected president.
