Wednesday, December 17, 2008

News flash

Poll finds that over 60% of Americans say they've been hurt by the recession.

Hmmm. Well, that IS why we call them recessions, after all.
Interesting that this is of course trumpeted on the front page of the Washington Post.
There was a poll yesterday indicating a far more interesting (and surprising) finding: that a majority of Americans--including many union members--oppose the proposed government bailout of the auto companies. But that got buried in section D of the Post. Interesting and, ahem, biased choice...