[lbo-talk] ABC: opinion on bailout mixed, most fear rejection will worsen downturn

[John Thornton]

Doug Henwood forwarded:
> Nonetheless, as noted, voters divide on the plan itself ¬ using up to 
> $700 billion to shore up failing financial institutions  with 45 
> percent in favor, 47 percent opposed. (Contrary to the vote pattern in 
> Congress, support is higher among Republicans, 55 percent, than 
> Democrats, 42 percent.) Registered voters narrowly, by a 6-point 
> margin, think the plan would have done too much to help financial 
> institutions that got into trouble, and by much broader margins think 
> it would have done too little to help the economy, and especially, to 
> assist ordinary Americans.

But I thought.....

"The American people have vehemently and massively rejected this swindle."

Shane Mage

Maybe my ideas of "vehemently and massively" are different from Shane's?

John Thornton