A new national poll finds most Americans think President Obama's new program to fight home foreclosures is unfair to those who pay their mortgages on time:
Sixty-four percent of those questioned in a Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday feel the Obama administration program is unfair to those who pay their mortgages on time. Only 28 percent say that the president's $75 billion plan is fair.
The following CBS video report explains why the plan is unfair:
"Americans don't like to see other people get special treatment, particularly when it comes to money, but they don't like to see others suffer either," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "And unlike federal assistance to auto companies and banks, the Obama mortgage plan appears to benefit individual Americans, typically a more popular option in polls."
Americans may not like the plan — but in a sign of desperation, 57% approve of the program.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted February 25-March 2, and has a plus or minus 1.9 percent margin of error.
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It's an interesting poll. I think conservatives would be MORE critical if the plan was "fair," right? Give money to everybody?
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