Tuesday, March 10, 2009

53% Say It’s Likely the U.S. Will Enter a Great Depression


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Most Americans (53%) now think the United States is at least somewhat likely to enter a 1930’s-like depression within the next few years.


The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 39% think this outcome is unlikely. Nineteen percent (19%) say a Depression is Very Likely while 7% say it is not at all likely.


The latest results are more pessimistic than those found in early January, when 44% said a 1930’s-like depression was likely in the next few years, and 46% disagreed.


In March 2008, only 38% of adults said the country is likely to slip into a depression, while most (55%) disagreed.


The most recent survey also found that half of all adults (49%) say today’s children will not be better off than their parents. Only 26% hold the more optimistic view, while another 25% are not sure. Those results have changed little from January, when only 27% said children will be better off and 47% disagreed. Twenty-six percent (26%) were undecided at that time.


via Rasmussen Reports™: The Most Comprehensive Public Opinion Data Anywhere.


Which would you rather enter, a Bad Depression or a Great Depression? How about an Awesomely Excellent Depression?

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