Questions - Unemployment - September 1-2, 2013
48% Say Government Workers Earn More Than Those in Private Sector
40% Think Government Should Do Nothing for Long-Term Unemployed
25% Say U.S. Job Market Better Than Year Ago, 31% Say Worse
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National Survey of
1,000 Adults
Conducted September 1-2, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
Do you know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?
2*
Do you know anyone who, out of frustration with the difficult job market, has
given up looking for a job?
3*
Is the job market better than it was a year ago, worse than it was a year ago
or about the same?
4*
A year from today will unemployment be higher than it is today, lower than it
is today or about the same as it is today?
5*
If people can’t find work after an extended
period of time, should the federal government hire them, pay for their
retraining, extend their unemployment benefits indefinitely or do nothing
at all?
6*
If the federal government hires more people, is that good for the economy, bad
for the economy, or does it have no impact on the economy?
7* Do government workers have more job
security or less job security than workers in the private sector?
8* Who works harder, government workers or workers in the private sector?
9* Does the average government worker earn more annually than the average
private sector worker?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95%
level of confidence
