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Most Americans say they're worse off under Obama
The American Thinker Blog ^ | December 10, 2010 | Rick Moran

Posted on 12/10/2010 2:48:19 AM PST by Scanian

Pollsters poll on the strangest questions, don't they?

Some genius at Bloomberg thought asking the question if the respondent personally was "better or worse off" than two years ago.

Duh:

"The survey, conducted Dec. 4-7, finds that 51 percent of respondents think their situation has deteriorated, compared with 35 percent who say they're doing better. The balance isn't sure. Americans have grown more downbeat about the country's future in just the last couple of months, the poll shows. The pessimism cuts across political parties and age groups, and is common to both sexes.

The negative sentiment may cast a pall over the holiday shopping season, according to the poll. A plurality of those surveyed -- 46 percent -- expects to spend less this year than last; only 12 percent anticipate spending more. Holiday sales rose by just under a half percent last year after falling by almost 4 percent in 2008.

'It's definitely different this year than it's been,' says poll respondent Larry Deyo, a 38-year-old father of two in Marlton, New Jersey. 'I can't really do too much with spending.' He says he lost his job at a kitchen and bath design center when the company closed, and he's now working at a Home Depot Inc. store with a 'significant decrease' in pay."

When you consider that over 8% of the workforce is made up of government workers, (with another 11% who work as government contractors) that 35% who think they are doing better takes on a whole different meaning.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: bloombergpoll; deterioration; holidayspending; pessimism

1 posted on 12/10/2010 2:48:23 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Boy that was a hard one.


2 posted on 12/10/2010 2:59:39 AM PST by scooby321
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To: Scanian

Hes right Just Take a Walk thru Georgetown to see how Government workers are struggling


3 posted on 12/10/2010 3:07:50 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: Scanian

He’s polling just under broken fingers on the misery index.


4 posted on 12/10/2010 3:11:04 AM PST by Bullish
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To: scooby321

Not to mention some history here...but didn’t the same kind of statistic come out with GW (after six years of course)? I’m pretty sure you get the same statistic with almost every president over the past two hundred years....although most of the time...it’s after the fourth or fifth year. I admit, it’s kind of negative to come after the second year.


5 posted on 12/10/2010 3:14:03 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: scooby321

Really,it may as well say,

“Most Americans think Helen Thomas is not beautiful.”

Where is Captain Obvious when you need him?


6 posted on 12/10/2010 3:37:28 AM PST by Happy Rain
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To: Scanian

Good. Reality needs to hit people over the head with a frying pan so they will stop being fooled by Obama.


7 posted on 12/10/2010 3:44:23 AM PST by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be purchased and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: Happy Rain

The headline conjures up images I don’t even want to think about!


8 posted on 12/10/2010 3:56:54 AM PST by Northern Yankee (Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Scanian

The only one not worse off under 0bama is the Wookiie. Wookiies are known to take the superior position and rip your arms out if one does not comply.


9 posted on 12/10/2010 4:21:56 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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