We all know TheGuardian.com is an uber-lib news source, and we also know that polls can be 'crafted' to deliver a desired result, so this whole thing is pretty much bullshit.
That being said, we can surmise this one was directed at a specific demographic to get them what their agenda demanded.
According to them, Americans are reconsidering major life events including marriage, having children and buying a home amid economic anxiety in the opening months of the Trump presidency, according to an exclusive poll for the Guardian.
Six in 10 Americans said the economy has affected at least one of their major life goals, according to the Harris poll, citing either lack of affordability or 'anxiety around the current economy'.
Buying a home has long been seen as the benchmark for the American dream, but has become increasingly unaffordable for many Americans. Home prices rocketed after a buying frenzy during the pandemic, when interest rates were at zero, and have not come down since. Though mortgage rates have fallen slightly since their recent peak of about 7.5%, the average 30-year mortgage rate in March was 6.7% – more than double what it was four years ago.
Click the headline if you want to read more from them.
It's not the economy, it's having to pay back student loans for all the above choices.
ReplyDeleteBoss wants contractor bids that will take all day, part of tomorrow. Oversee fence project W-Th-F, Landscapers all day Thursday. Watching Cross Country, Baseball, and T ball through the weekend. Out of town relatives next week. End of school year events. Must have been too busy to get the memo about our lives being put on hold because orange man bad.
ReplyDeletethe Guardian is a lib rag, they would never post anything good about Trump
ReplyDeleteRe: that Harris poll about American anxiety to do ANYTHING life worthy......Now lets see what the answers were during oblamo and obidens terms......
ReplyDeleteThe first four items on the list are indeed on hold for a lot of people...waiting for the Fed to drop interest rates. They know that IS going to happen so it's better to wait for that to happen if you can
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