By 58-16 Margin, Americans More Concerned About The Economy And Jobs Than Deficit

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POLL: By 58-16 Margin, Americans More Concerned About The Economy And Jobs Than Deficit
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/07/21/274946/poll-by-58-16-margin-americans-more-concerned-about-the-economy-and-jobs-than-deficit/

While policymakers in Washington, DC remain fixated by the federal budget deficit, new polling from Gallup shows that far more Americans care about the economy and jobs than addressing U.S. debt. The poll finds that 31 percent of Americans find the economy to be the most important problem in America today, 27 percent find unemployment to be the highest problem, and only 16 percent say that the debt is:




Concerns About Economy, Jobs Outweigh Worries About Deficit
Almost 9 in 10 Americans say now is not a good time to find quality job
http://www.gallup.com/poll/148589/Concerns-Economy-Jobs-Outweigh-Worries-Deficit.aspx

[orwell]

1. By cutting the deficit...

...you cut aggregate demand.

Ergo, you reduce employment.

[Dawgs]

2. So, why has the party that controls senate and presidency allowed deficit to be main discussion?

Just sad.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. Without jobs, we have no country, but free trade and the WTO was sold to us like a boon to jobs

I hate everyone that promoted this shit.