85 Percent Unhappy with Economy

time.com — Americans are not simply dissatisfied with the economy. They are deeply unhappy: 85 percent of respondents in a recent poll believe that the country is on the wrong track. Among blacks and Latinos, the dissatisfaction levels are 96 percent and 88 percent, respectively. Fewer than half of Generation Y believes that the country's best days are ahead. Most intriguing, a majority of those surveyed believe in the power of government to solve the biggest problems of our time. They support major government investments that create jobs — 82 percent favor public works projects — and they remain sympathetic to the economy's victims: 70 percent say more government programs should help those now struggling.

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