Americans disapproved of private accounts by a 50-40 percent margin

[liberal N proud]

Wall Street Journal/MSNBC Poll:

According to the poll, which was conducted by Hart/McInturff, 51 percent say it’s a bad idea to enable workers to invest their Social Security payroll taxes in the stock market. That finding is virtually unchanged from the last NBC/Journal survey taken the day of Bush’s inauguration, when Americans disapproved of private accounts by a 50-40 percent margin.

In addition, the poll shows that opponents of private accounts are more unlikely to change their mind on this issue than supporters. Sixty percent of those who believe that private accounts are a bad idea say that their position is firm, vs. 39 percent who say they’re open to changing their mind. By contrast, a whopping 68 percent of those who support private accounts suggest they might change their position.

Nevertheless, McInturff cautions that public opinion on Social Security shouldn’t be expected to change after just one month. “It takes months," he observed. "It is the May or June numbers know whether you are making progress."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6981833/

They are going to keep pushing this down peoples throats until a majority have drank from the kool-aid.

[RC]

1. How long is it going to take for

people to realize that if it is floated by the Whitehouse, it is a very bad idea?

[marmar]

2. Fool me once...

Oops, we were fooled and he still got re-elected (allegedly). The lemmings continue their suicide march. Unfortunately, they're taking us non-lemmings with them!

:eyes:

[liberal N proud]

3. When I started this thread, I was going to title it

How stupid can Americans be.
But we already know just how stupid 59 Million of them are.
Many of these people believe it is a good idea simply because they think they can get their hands on the money them selves. And many of those if they can get their hands on the money will blow it on cigarettes and beer.
They don't get it. it is being sold to them as a get rich quick scheme, which it is but not for the investor as it is being sold.

[jasop]

4. Sounds like a mandate! n/t

[LynnTheDem]

5. So half the country ( Dems & Indies, betcha) are NOT stupid

Poor bush. He had high hopes for a lot more stupid people in America.

[Dawgs]

6. The thing that pisses me off about this article is that most...

headlines state something like, "Americans SPLIT on private accounts". That is such bullshit. First of all, I can't find any number anywhere in these articles that show how many approve. Second, if Bush won by 51-40% over Kerry in the elections they would have said it was a rout/ass-whoopin/clear decision.