88% of Americans Support Social Security Reform; 78% for Raising Minimum Wage: Harris Poll
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88% of American public would support reform to ensure that the Social
Security fund has enough money to provide benefits for all Americans for
the next 50 years, according to a latest survey by Harris Poll.
The nationwide Harris Poll of 2,309 U.S. adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive® between December 12 and 18, 2006, on public attitudes toward other potential reform issues also found:
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83% U.S. adults support cutting interest rates for student loans.
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81% would support new regulations to reduce the power lobbyists in Washington
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78% would support raising the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour
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76% would support immigration reform to make it more difficult for immigrants to enter the U.S. and to stay in the U.S. for a prolonged length of time
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69% would support legislation which would speed up the removal of troops from Iraq.
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68% would support legislation requiring companies to provide seven paid sick days a year
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65% would support expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research
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57% would support the education bill known as No Child Left Behind, is up for reauthorization this year.
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56% would support investigations into allegations that have been made about various actions of the Bush Administration.
