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and I would guess that the other 27% are either wealthy or in a coma.
One week ago that figure was at 61%. 10% of those polled think that the economy is getting better.
According to polling firm Rasmussen, 53% of Americans believe that their own finances are getting worse.
So, what about investors?
Today, only 8% of Investors rate the economy as good or excellent, down from 31% a year ago. Sixty-four percent (64%) of Investors say the economy is in poor shape.
Looking to the future, 39% of Americans say that the economy will be stronger in a year while 31% believe it will be weaker. Longer-term, there is optimism—62% say the economy will be stronger in five years than it is today.
The Obama administration can pump all of the money that they want to into fixes for our economy, but, unless NAFTA and the WTO is renegotiated or done away with, our economy will not get to much better. If those in Washington really want to help out the " average " American, they will change the tax code for business to stop them from moving jobs and companies to foreign countries. We are fucked if these things aren't changed no matter what kind of stimulus our politicians come up.
