Word: deficit
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Reducing the budget deficit...
First Impressions. Just 50% of the public has a favorable impression of Bush, vs. 21% with an unfavorable perception and 29% uncertain. Quayle still runs a deficit on this score: 20% favorable, 30% unfavorable and 50% with no opinion. More than half (52%) do not consider Quayle qualified to become President if something were to happen to Bush...
Containing the $155.1 billion federal budget deficit is the electorate's top assignment for its new leader. The fiscal shortfall is seen as the country's main economic problem by 43%, vs. 22% who name unemployment, 16% the trade deficit and 11% inflation. Seven out of ten support Bush's opposition to new taxes, but the same large majority predicts that he will fail to avert them...
...Reagan's expansive claims about having revived the American Dream have helped keep his popularity high. But the public takes a hard-headed view of his performance in some areas; 55% think he did a "poor job" in maintaining programs for the needy, and 63% fault him for the deficit. In fact, Americans expect Bush to outperform Reagan on some issues...
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