More People Like Their Banks Than the Government
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Dec 21st 2011 10:25AM
Updated Dec 21st 2011 11:06AM
Guess who's more hated than banks? The folks in Washington. Yes, despite the din from the Occupy Wall Street crowd, not everybody dislikes financial institutions -- at least, not their own. A new poll from the staunchly libertarian and conservative Reason Foundation and the similarly aligned Arthur N. Rupe Foundation found that 76% of Americans surveyed have a favorable opinion of their own bank, while just 15% gave it a thumbs down.
| My bank is great, can't say the same for the feds. | |
|---|---|
| I think they both stink. | |
| This government does a good job, the banks are another story. | |
| I don't use banks. | |
| I don't pay taxes, so I don't worry about what the government does. | |
Congress fares even worse: Some 80% of those surveyed said they disapprove of the job it's doing. And, when asked which outcome they feared more, 54% said they're more worried that the government will do something to make the economy worse, while 40% said they're more worried that the government will fail to take action on the economy.
The president, though, fared somewhat better: 49% of respondents approved of the job Barack Obama is doing in the White House, with 47% disapproving.
So, does this means banks have bragging rights?
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