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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88881)	8/7/2010 6:37:15 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224752

No Kenneth more than 50% don't like the healthcare bill.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88881)	8/8/2010 8:45:38 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224752

But that’s often case: The two seldom see eye-to-eye. Eighty-six percent (86%) of voters nationwide say there should be “limits on what the federal government can do,” a view overwhelming shared across virtually all partisan and demographic lines. The only exception is America’s Political Class. By a 54% to 43% margin, the Political Class believes the federal government should be allowed to do most anything. One thing the government’s done recently despite majority opposition is impose a national health care plan on the country. Voter pessimism about that plan has reached an all-time high, but while 70% of Mainstream voters feel the bill is bad for the country, 80% of the Political Class disagree and see it as a good thing for America. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of all voters now favor repeal of the health care bill. rasmussenreports.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88881)	8/8/2010 9:16:51 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224752

Paul Skidmore's office is shuttered, his job gone, his 18-month job search fruitless and his unemployment benefits exhausted. So at 63, he plans to file this week for Social Security benefits, three years earlier than planned. "All I want to do is work," said Skidmore, of Finksburg, Md., who was an insurance claims adjuster for 37 years before his company downsized and closed his office last year. "And nobody will hire me." It is one of the most striking fallouts from the bad economy: Social Security is facing a rare shortfall this year as a wave of people like Skidmore opt to collect payments before their full retirement age. Adding to the strain on the trust are reduced tax collections sapped by the country's historic unemployment -- still at 9.5 percent. More people filed for Social Security in 2009 -- 2.74 million -- than any year in history, and there was a marked increase in the number receiving reduced benefits because they filed ahead of their full retirement age. The increase came as the full Social Security retirement age rose last year from 65 to 66. Nearly 72 percent of men who filed opted for early benefits in 2009, up from 58 percent the previous year. More women also filed -- 74.7 percent in 2009 compared with 64.2 percent the previous year. Jason Fichtner, an associate commissioner at the Social Security Administration, said the weak economy has led more people who lost their jobs to retire early. However, it also has forced some people hard-hit by the recession and in need of a bigger paycheck to push back retirement and stay in the work force longer. "But we're seeing more people taking early benefits than staying in the workforce longer," Fichtner said. Like Skidmore, 63-year-old Jan Gissel of Tustin, Calif., also was forced into retirement early. She turned to unemployment benefits when her technical support business failed and filed for Social Security last September. Together, the checks are keeping her afloat. "I knew I had to have an income from somewhere, and my business wasn't giving it to me," she said. "I just went online and, boom, three weeks later I had the check." idiot odumba took BP $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ destroys USA

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88881)	8/9/2010 11:22:51 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224752

Health Care Law 55% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law Monday, August 09, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement Support for repeal of the new national health care bill is down slightly from last week, but the number that expects costs to rise under the new plan remains close to the record high. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 55% of U.S. Likely Voters favor repeal of the health care bill. That’s down from 59% a week ago, but support for repeal has ranged from 52% to 60%since the law was passed by Congress in March. Thirty-eight percent (38%) now oppose repeal of the bill, showing little change over the past month. Opposition to repeal has ranged from 32% to 42% since March. Emotion also continues to be on the side of those who want to repeal the bill. These new numbers include 47% who Strongly Favor repeal and 30% who Strongly Oppose it. But 60% of all voters nationwide believe health care costs will go up under the new plan, just a point below the highest level measured so far - in mid-July. Only 16% expect the cost of health care to go down under the new plan, while another 16% expect no change. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on August 7-8, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95%level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. Overall, 52% of voters believe the plan passed in March will be bad for the country, down five points over the past week. Roughly one-in-three voters (34%) say the bill will be good for the country. When it comes to the quality of care, 52% of voters believe it will get worse under the new plan. That number has held relatively steady since the bill was passed in March. Only 22% expect the quality of health care to get better, while nearly the same number (19%) say it will remain about the same as it is now. Most voters (58%) also continue to believe the new law will increase the federal deficit, though that number is at its lowest level since mid-May. But just 13% of voters expect the law to reduce the deficit. Seventy-five percent (75%) of Republicans Strongly Favor repeal of the bill, while 50% of Democrats are Strongly Opposed. A plurality (42%) of voters not affiliated with either major political party Strongly Favor repeal. Political Class voters remain strong supporters of the bill, while those in the Mainstream are strongly in favor of repealing it. While the majority of Republicans and unaffiliateds believe costs will go up under the new plan, just 37% of Democrats agree. Separate polling shows that 54% of U.S. voters oppose the requirement in the new federal health care bill that every American must buy or obtain health insurance. Forty-three percent (43%) favor the requirement, which was on the losing end of a vote in Missouri last Tuesday and is being challenged in court by a number of states.