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Poll finds more boomers working past retirement

November 11, 2011 // by Jennifer C. Kerr // Leave a comment

So much for kicking back at the lake house, long afternoons of golf or pretty much anything baby boomers had dreamed about in retirement. Read More

Poll reveals baby boomers’ retirement fears

April 7, 2011 // by Alan Fram // Leave a comment

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

Your Medicare taxes won’t cover what you’ll cost

January 12, 2011 // by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar // Leave a comment

What you paid in Medicare taxes shows up on your W-2 income tax form every year. So when you retire, you want your money’s worth.

That’s how most Americans see it. In an Associated Press-GfK poll nearly 6 out of 10 said they paid into the system so they deserve their full benefits — no cuts. But a newly updated financial analysis shows that what people paid into the system doesn’t come close to covering the full value of the medical care they can expect to receive as retirees…read more Read More

Poll: Education backed, but not new school taxes

December 21, 2010 // by Alan Fram // 1 Comment

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

November 30, 2010 // by Alan Fram // Leave a comment

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