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The Treasury Department should not block severance packages for Fannie and Freddie corporate executives.

Bush Administration policies have had a positive impact on the economy.

Lehman Brothers should not have been bailed out by the federal government.

The U.S. is not undergoing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

The federal government's financial bailout package will not help stabilize the U.S. economy.

Food should contain country-of-origin labeling.

All songs on iTunes should be the same price.

The financial crisis will not lead to another economic depression.

The U.S. federal government should not provide financial support to its auto industry.

Labor contracts are most responsible for the U.S. auto industry's financial problems.

Citigroup should not have been bailed out by the federal government.

The U.S. government should not implement a moratorium on home foreclosures.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union should agree to cut wages.

The Internet has had a positive effect on the music industry.

Tax cuts should have a higher priority than public investment in Barack Obama's stimulus package.

Congress should not enact the Employee Free Choice Act.

Consumers should have the highest priority for the remaining $350 billion spent in financial bailout funds. Actually, none of it should be spent and returned to the people as tax refunds

Family planning services have a negative impact on the economy.

The government should not regulate salaries of companies who have received bailout funds.

Pepsi's new logo is worse.

Cell phone use should be permitted in-flight.

Governments should not nationalize insolvent banks in response to the financial crisis.

The $787 billion stimulus bill is not satisfactory.

The proposed 90% tax on AIG bonuses is not constitutional.

It was not appropriate for the Obama Administration to force GM's CEO Rick Wagoner to resign.

The Obama Administration's handling of the auto bailout has been unsatisfactory.

Customer service is the most important accommodation factor when traveling as a tourist.

Supply and demand is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices. Until the U.S. shows that it is willing to produce more of it's own energy needs from oil, our prices will remain high for gas and oil.

The Federal Government should not assist mortgage defaulters. Why should those of us who are making our monthly mortgage payments be forced to bail out those who are unable?

Air travel is safer since 9-11. Yes, air travel is "safer", however, being treated like a criminal just for the privilege is bogus.

Unions have a negative impact on the economy. When a union can shut down an industry because negotiations break down, or taxes have to be raises because of union contracts, or companies declare bankruptcy because unions will not negotiate lower wages for new workers... I'd say it has a negative effec

The U.S. should build more oil refineries. The U.S. hasn't built a new refinery in 30 years. Part of our problem with gasoline supply is when a refinery has to be maintained, it has to shut down, lowering our capacity to produce.

Corporations should not pay heavier taxes on windfall profits. Corporations ultimately do not pay taxes - they are passed down to the consumer is the form of higher prices and shortages (think of the '70s oil issues). If you want to lower cost, increase the supply and get government out of the way.

Congress should not increase the federal minimum wage. Raising the minimum wage raises the costs for everyone, even for the one getting the increase. When will it end? When everyone's pay is equal? That was tried and failed - it's called "communism"

The option to strike should not be available to a union of public employees. Striking puplic union members only hurt the public trust and should be fired.

The U.S. should enact a balanced budget amendment. If the American family has to live by a budget, so should my government. If I have to do with less when the economy sours, so should the government.

The government should not provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. Nothing in life is guaranteed. Live within your means. Downsize if you have to. Some of the problems we face as a nation only get worse when the government gets involved. I think those who want to use other people's money to fix their own issues are a ta

Supply and demand is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices. Until the U.S. shows that it is willing to produce more of it's own energy needs from oil, our prices will remain high for gas and oil.

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