Gallup: Health care not a top priority for Americans
Consider this just another piece of evidence for Democratic cluelessness in the 111th Congress. While Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid have spent almost a year haggling over a deeply unpopular bill to overhaul the American health-care system, Gallup says voters don’t consider that a top priority. Not surprisingly, that goes to unemployment, and the economy follows a close second:
Unemployment now stands alone as the top issue in Gallup’s latest update on the most important problem facing the country. Thirty-one percent of Americans mention jobs or unemployment, significantly more than say the economy in general (24%), healthcare (20%), or dissatisfaction with government (10%).
This month, unemployment overtook general mentions of the economy, as the percentage naming unemployment held steady at 31% while the mentions of the economy dipped from 31% to 24%. Unemployment, the economy, and healthcare have been the top three cited problems each month since last May.
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I’ve been unemployed for one month. Since I’ve paid into unemployment for years (now age 43), I’m taking it since I have no alternative. I WANT TO WORK !!!! These idiots are not listening to us, we need to get people back to work NOW, and put healthcare off till later.