Wealth holds a great attraction for the young, according to a recent Pew Social Trends survey, with 20% of all adults under age 30 saying being wealthy is a top priority for them — easily the largest proportion of any age group.
More than three-quarters of Americans have heard at least a little about the problems in the financial markets involving investment banks but, among this large segment of the public, fully 80% say the government has done only a fair job or a poor job addressing problems in the nation’s financial markets.
About a quarter of registered voters (26%) say they think McCain is too old to be president, and this proportion rises to nearly a third (32%) when voters are informed that he is currently 71 years old.
By a margin of more than six-to-one (61% to 9%), the U.S. public now says free trade agreements result in job losses rather than in the creation of new jobs.