Poll: Politicians trusted more than business leaders on economy

[jefferson_dem]

Source: CNN

Poll: Politicians trusted more than business leaders on economy
By Paul Steinhauser
CNN Deputy Political Director

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Call it a sign of the times. A new national poll indicates that when it comes to dealing with the economy, Americans have more confidence in the White House and Congress than Wall Street, the banks or auto executives.

Two out of three expressed confidence that Democrats in Congress will make the right economic moves.

And that may be one reason why a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday suggests the public opposes plans to provide more taxpayer dollars to banks and major domestic automakers.

Thirty percent of those questioned said they're confident Wall Street will make the right decisions to help the country overcome the current recession. Slightly fewer -- 28 percent -- said they had such confidence in bankers and financial executives. And 26 percent said they're confident that auto executives will make the right economic decisions.

But 53 percent of those questioned said they have confidence in Republicans in Congress making the right calls regarding the economy. About 66 percent said they have confidence Democrats, who control Congress, will make the right economic decisions. And 75 percent said they think President Barack Obama will make the right moves when it comes dealing with the recession.

"You know times are tough when Republicans have more confidence in a Democratic president than they do in bankers or Wall Street investors, but that's what the poll is showing now," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Among Republicans, 37 percent say they are confident in Obama's ability to make the right economic decisions, but only 31 percent of Republicans feel that way about Wall Street."

"Labor union leaders don't fare badly either," said Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst. "Nearly half the public has confidence in them. But Wall Street investors? Bankers and financial executives? Auto company executives? No more than 30 percent have confidence in them.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/23/poll.economy/

[Hello_Kitty]

1. This is why guys like Rick Santelli are trying to give themselves a populist makeover. eom

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Heh.

If you were to read the LTTE's on the Easton PA Express-Times website, you would think that Dems are hated by all and sundry.

There is some serious astroturfing going on out there.

[fujiyama]

4. That's how EVERY newspaper's message board/comments area seems

[BRLIB]

3. Finally people see the greedy elite business assholes for what they are!

Greedy elite business assholes! The ones who ran this economy into the ground!

Same for the "investors" who always are treated like gods in the media.

I say "Fuck the Investors"!
If they invested wisely this economy would be booming, correct?
Investors are only in it for themselves.

I say take whatever the "investors", greedy pond scum that they are, have, and nationalize it!
The American people can obviously invest in a Democratic fashion better than these assholes!

And then let the "investors" get a real fucking job, and work for a living!!

[sutz12]

5. Sorry, but that's actually kind of scary....

I know. I have arguments with a RW guy supposedly trained as an economist and teaching it at UGa. He talks like The Shock Doctrine was a training manual. Full on "Milton Friedman is my hero" crap all the time. Will not acknowledge that Republican policies had anything to do with the current economic meltdown. Needless to say, I don't talk to him much. :shrug:

[izquierdista]

6. You mean economer

Like the difference between astronomer and astrologist -- one is science, and the other is superstition. Those -mer and -ist endings can be tricky!