[MCN] 78% of Americans want government intervention to reduce inequality

[Lance Olsen]

News Release 16-Apr-2020
Harris Poll: Most Americans want government intervention to reduce inequality
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
A new poll finds most Americans say the federal government should reduce inequality, amid the Covid-19-produced economic crisis. A national survey from Harris Insights & Analytics of 2,018 Americans, conducted April 7-9, 2020, finds 78% of Americans agree that "considering the spread of coronavirus in the United States and its impact on the economy and the American people," it is "somewhat" or "very important" that "the US government commit to reducing economic inequality."

 <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/lu-hpm041520.php>
Full release https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/lu-hpm041520.php <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/lu-hpm041520.php>

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“The gap between high- and low-income families has widened steadily since about 1980, hitting a new high every year since 1985. “

Business Week, November 21, 1994, p. 72.




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