AP Poll: "Americans are nervous about retirement"

[Bluebear]

By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Americans over 40 and people who are nervous about retirement are most likely to oppose President Bush's plan for creating personal accounts in Social Security, an Associated Press poll found.

Almost half of Americans who haven't retired say they don't think they're doing a good job of getting ready for that time in their lives, according to the AP poll. Many say they're not confident they'll have enough money to live comfortably after they quit working.

"People are trapped in a dilemma," said Robert Blendon, a polling expert at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "They know they're not saving enough. They can't count on Social Security and they're not sure these private accounts will be better. They're not sure what to do."

More than half of Americans, 55 percent, say they oppose the president's plan to create private accounts, while 39 percent say they support it, according to the poll conducted for AP by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Support for the plan drops among Democrats and independents when it's described specifically as "President Bush's plan."

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[ClintonTyree]

1. I wouldn't care if you called it "JFK's" plan..............

it would STILL suck. Just because the twisted chimp's name is associated with it doesn't automatically make it bad. The fact that it's a give-away to the RICH, makes it suck like crazy.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. More to the point, Americans over 40 are nervous about ageism

BEFORE they retire. It's hard enough to get hired if you're older and experienced in a lot situations.

[Tux]

3. It is Bush's plan

He wants to remove any evil communistic programs that help people. By yelling ownership society, he is getting support from Evangelicals who see communism everywhere and Libertarians (who I think support Evangelicals' goal of theocracy but don't say it). If they had it their way, we'd be rich or poor based on god's favor and deregulating everything since people always do the right thing.

[Telly Savalas]

4. Well the biggest organization for defending retirement benefits...

is too busy promoting the imposition of mandatory gay marriage to stand up for the elderly. We ought to be worried. Damn you, AARP!!!

</crackhead>