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Poll reveals baby boomers’ retirement fears
Baby boomers are starting to retire, but many are agonizing about their finances and believe they’ll need to work longer than they had planned, a new poll finds. Read More
Poll: Education backed, but not new school taxes
The public verdict is in and overwhelming: The better the education people get, the stronger the U.S. economy will be, a poll shows. But don’t count on folks to support higher taxes to improve schools.
Eighty-eight percent say a country’s education system has a major effect on its economic health. Nearly as many — 79 percent — say the U.S. economy would improve if all Americans had at least a two-year college degree, according to an Associated Press-Stanford University poll…read more Read More
AP-CNBC Poll: Deficit-cutting ideas not popular
Americans say giant federal deficits trouble them, but they’re reluctant to charge ahead with a budget-cutting drive that would hurt the programs they like, a new poll shows.
With a bipartisan commission appointed by President Barack Obama ready to unveil its ideas for mopping up the red ink, an Associated Press-CNBC Poll shows the public divided over accepting the pain needed to address the problem. That wariness underscores the political risks Obama and Congress would face should they embark on a serious effort to shrink federal shortfalls…read more Read More
