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(11,641 posts) Wed Jun 29, 2016, 08:24 AM Jun 2016

71% of Americans believe economy is 'rigged' (CNN) [View all]

71% of Americans believe economy is 'rigged'

by Heather Long @byHeatherLong
June 28, 2016: 3:44 PM ET

The overwhelming majority of Americans believe the economy is rigged.

Seventy-one percent think the U.S. economic system is "rigged in favor of certain groups," according to a new poll by Marketplace and Edison Research.

The poll asked a simple question: Which of the following comes closer to your opinion on the economic system in the U.S.

People could select between three options:
1. The economic system is rigged in favor of certain groups
2. The economy system is fair to all Americans
3. Don't know

Most selected rigged economy. It didn't matter if the person was white, black or Hispanic or whether they identified as Republican, Democrat or Independent. The majority feel the American Dream comes with huge asterisk that reads "only for the favored few."...

Read more:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/28/news/economy/americans-believe-economy-is-rigged/

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71% of Americans believe economy is 'rigged' (CNN) [View all] think Jun 2016 OP

thats the kind of useless poll drray23 Jun 2016 #1

Do you think the TBTF banks play by the rules? 5 of them are now FELONS for rigging markets. think Jun 2016 #2

sure i do not deny that drray23 Jun 2016 #8

exactly. ^^^ spanone Jun 2016 #3

Yea kinda like that useless Princeton University study ..... raindaddy Jun 2016 #13

71% of Americans dont have any idea what an oligarchy is........ Cryptoad Jun 2016 #20

That was a study, not a poll. Marr Jun 2016 #23

useless poll indeed! Cryptoad Jun 2016 #19

propbably as awful polling questions as I have seen.... beachbum bob Jun 2016 #4

"1. The economic system is rigged in favor of certain groups " That seems pretty clear. Is it not? think Jun 2016 #5

its an open ended question... beachbum bob Jun 2016 #6

Too big to fail banks are now FELONS and no one went to jail. We could start there how about... think Jun 2016 #7

Honestly rpannier Jun 2016 #17

Nope. Igel Jun 2016 #24

Agreed Sherman A1 Jun 2016 #9

And it is why Hillary must stop playing footsies with the banks and Wall Street... Human101948 Jun 2016 #16

The other 29% is either lying or perceptually challenged. merrily Jun 2016 #10

Thanks for the laugh :) /nt think Jun 2016 #11

You're welcome, but it was an observation, not a joke. merrily Jun 2016 #12

It was an excellent observation too :) think Jun 2016 #14

You stole my post except I was going to say -- Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #25

Great minds think alike! n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #30

Sure it is madokie Jun 2016 #15

it always been rigged , alwasys will be Cryptoad Jun 2016 #21

Periodic reform movements, usally after a major crash when the power of the 1% Warpy Jun 2016 #31

"Certain groups" = the 1% in my worldview, klook Jun 2016 #18

heck, even Clinton says so! MisterP Jun 2016 #22

One person's complaint is another person's sales pitch. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #26

Chomsky nailed it. Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #27

The system isn't broken; the system is fixed. CrispyQ Jun 2016 #28

That means Aerows Jun 2016 #29

In selecting among the 3 choices ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #32