Word: polle
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...budget busters. It is also a moral mess, leaving far too many Americans with far too little protection. But the President is wrong when he says, "The system we have isn't working well for too many people." The vast majority - more than 80% in the latest TIME poll - are satisfied with their health care. They may be worried about losing their coverage, and angry as their premiums rise, but the health-care "crisis" is theoretical to most Americans. That's the immediate source of Obama's frustration, but there is a larger, structural issue blocking his path...
...police and firefighters get even more," she says. "But they need it, and do you really want to tax them for putting their lives on the line?" (Advocates like Representative Cooper insist that exceptions for some unions can be made.) (See the results of TIME's health-care poll...
...most of the pivotal questions - particularly about money and who will lose it - remain unresolved. The continuing uncertainty over what the final plan will do, and to whom, helps explain why public doubts are growing. A new TIME poll reveals that 46% of the nation approves of Obama's handling of health care - exactly the same percentage that disapproves. Lawmakers will soon head home to face voters without answers to many of their most basic worries: Will taxes go up? What treatments will be covered? Will there be a new, government-run public plan like Medicare? What new requirements will...
With sensitivities like those, it's little wonder the poll found French women had strong opinions about public nakedness. Nearly 50% said they were bothered by total nudity on beaches or naturist camps, and 37% said they were disturbed by publicly exposed breasts or buttocks. Forty-five percent of respondents reported they'd prefer to see a lot less flesh hanging out in full view - male or female...
...full poll results, go to SRBI.com...