TPM: Gallup Poll: Only Highest Earners Support Gutting Collective Bargaining

[highplainsdem]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/gallup-poll-only-highest-income-earners-support-gutting-collective-bargaining.php

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Earlier this week, Gallup released a poll showing that six in ten Americans said they oppose plans to roll back collective bargaining rights for public unions in their own states. As Greg Sargent noted today, only one income bracket within that poll -- those making more than $90,000 per year -- favors that idea.

In fact, the more money people make, the more likely they are to support eliminating collective bargaining, according to the poll.

Among those who make less than $24,000 per year, 19% support cutting union rights, while 74% are opposed. Americans earning between $24,000 and $59,999 oppose that plan by a 33% to 63% split, while those earning between $60,000 and $89,999 also opposed the plan, 41% to 53%.

Among the top earners, however, 50% said they would support a plan to cut collective bargaining rights to reduce the deficit, while 47% said they oppose such a plan.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Ain't that a surprise?

[QC]

2. Unfortunately, those are the only people our government listens to. n/t

[Newest Reality]

3. Shocking! - NT

[aquart]

4. The Greedy Class does not share.

[Curmudgeoness]

5. I don't know about that. On the news the other night,

they were talking to an old woman who didn't have a tooth in her mouth ranting about unions and praising Walker and hoping that Kasinich will follow suit. Gotta tell ya, that woman was not one of the wealthy class.

[Wickerman]

7. Then I suppose she'd be in the 19% side of the equation?

:shrug:

anecdotes, even multiple anecdotes, do not equal data.


edit: Sorry, the number from the article was 19%, not 17 as I originally typed.

[Curmudgeoness]

9. Maybe they are working hard to dredge up these loonies,

but I do hear a lot from people just like her on the MSM---you know, the liberal media. If I were uninformed and was getting information from the news reports, I would think that this is how most people feel. Sigh.

[Wickerman]

10. amen n/t

[OHdem10]

6. And it is these who have the power at the moment. They will keep

the power until others unite in one voice with their
own demands.

[toddwv]

8. Pure class warfare.

Plain and simple.

[rucky]

11. I'm sure that whatever they do to deserve their salaries has less social value

than teachers or firefighters.