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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (508349)	12/12/2003 11:52:52 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Survey: Investor class critical of Bush economic policies Tim Hyland Nearly 60 percent of America's "investor class" give President Bush's economic policies fair-to-poor marks, according to a new survey from Money magazine. While 73 percent of investors polled said they gained personally from the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003, 84 percent said they would have rather had the money used for something else. More than 50 percent said they would have preferred additional spending for Social Security, Medicare, job creation, health insurance or education. This was despite the fact that 49 percent of those polled said they were Republican and only 20 percent said they were Democrats. Fifty-two percent described their political views as moderate and 38 percent said they were conservative. The respondents were typically wealthy, with a median household income of $98,000 and a median portfolio size of $387,000. "It was surprising to us in particular that support for the President's tax cuts was so weak and, in general, that our subscribers don't seem nearly as worried about federal tax relief as they do a whole host of other issues -- from health care to education," Money managing editor Bob Safian said in a statement. Half of respondents said they would vote for Bush if the election were held today. Howard Dean had the most support among Democrats, with 9 percent. The poll results will run in the January issue of Money, which hits the newsstands on Dec. 22. © 2003 American City Business Journals Inc.