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17% Comments Left About This PollShowing comments 1-9 of 9. From James Quigley on November 5, 2009 at 12:03 pm. I think the lower to working class think about job security, and the working to middle classes are more concerned about asset prices. Gorgon know this  From Soak the Rich on November 3, 2009 at 4:26 pm. It's time taxes were raised in this country, and for good reason. We cannot leave our staggering deficits to be paid off by the grandchildren of our grandchildren. We must finally bite the bullet and act responsibly, as opposed to the irresponsible tax cutting religion of the Reagan/Bush years. If tax cuts were the answer, then why did two terms of tax cuts under George W. Bush leave the country in the financial toilet? We need to return to the big socialized government programs and regulation of FDR and LBJ if we want to return to true and lasting middle class prosperity. From Lola on November 2, 2009 at 8:13 am. Strictly speaking I reckon that your poll should have been limited to home owners, when the answer would be house prices. For many people not actually owning a home, job security and full employment would be most important, except that they would dream one day of owning a home and acquiring immeasurable riches. So perhaps not. From Neil Craig on November 1, 2009 at 7:06 am. 2 caveats. I think it is not full employment that matters but that the rate of unemployment not be rising. Those with jobs really want to keep them, those without have accepted it. The other is that I would have liked to see economic growth in there. I think it would come behind employment and possibly some of the others but only because no party discusses it. Absolutely nothing has nearly as much importance in a country's long term future. If any party that gets on TV were promising growth at even the long term world average (5%) I suspect it would be high. From Mark Wadsworth in reply to Neil Craig on November 1, 2009 at 7:07 pm. Again, with hindsight, I should have included "GDP growth" as an option, but that is a tad abstract and the list would have been too long. From Pogo on October 31, 2009 at 4:33 pm. To be honest, I reckon that most of them don't get any further than worrying about who's going to win "X Factor". From Mark Wadsworth in reply to Pogo on October 31, 2009 at 7:41 pm. Fair point. Maybe I should have added that as an option. From marksany on October 31, 2009 at 1:18 pm. I don't think people care about full employment, just their own. From Mark Wadsworth in reply to marksany on October 31, 2009 at 3:20 pm. MA, that is quite possibly true, but the desire not to be made redundant is perfectly rational and going to work benefits society as a whole (unless you work as a drug dealer or something). A government that reduces tax and regulatory burden on employment is doing something right (or doing less wrong things).
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