Word: polling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their payroll taxes--in stocks, bonds or another savings plan they might choose--raised hardly a complaint in a week when the Dow closed above 9000 for the first time. The stock-market boom has, it seems, turned Americans into a nation of risk takers. In a TIME/CNN poll last week, 60% of those surveyed said they would like to play the market with some of their Social Security taxes; and if they could, 80% said they and not Washington should control where the money goes. Support was strongest among people under age 35, the group that stands...
Even Americans woozy from the stock market's climb will not be deaf to these arguments. They still cling to their traditional concept of Social Security as a safety net, not an alternative to Merrill Lynch. More than two-thirds of those surveyed in the TIME/CNN poll said they regard Social Security primarily as a benefit program designed to assure the elderly a minimum income during retirement. And that does not take into account that a third of Social Security beneficiaries are not retirees but widows and widowers, children who have lost a parent, and the disabled...
...troubling finding of your poll is that most Americans seem to be indifferent to the charges that face President Clinton. Am I really to believe that groping women at will and committing perjury (if those charges prove to be true) are acceptable behavior for anyone? Shame on us, the American people, for not demanding more from the highest office of the country. Shame on feminists for offering little or no support for these women. History will remember us as fools and cowards. NEIL D. SALISBURY Dallas...
...almost hear the sigh of relief from moderate politicians across Britain and Ireland. The Northern Ireland peace accord -- that Mitchell-Blair-Ahern bid to capture the middle ground -- has succeeded, according to the first poll taken in the wake of its completion. The Irish Times/Guardian survey shows 73 percent support for the deal north of the border, and 61 percent backing in the Republic. Barring any major upsets, the May referendums should show similar numbers...
...more potent objection is that picking people at random hinders our ability to account for diversity. But this is untrue. The initial standard for qualification could be set so as to guarantee a diverse poll of admits to the lottery. True, you might by chance end up with a homogeneous group selected in a given round, but over time disparities would even out. Or, if need be, the lottery could be circumvented to allow for extraordinary circumstances...