Seniors Coalition Announces Results of
Annual Legislative Survey on Senior Citizens' Issues
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Seniors Coalition today announced the results of its annual Legislative Survey on Senior Citizens' Issues. TSC has conducted the survey of its supporters every spring for the past decade.
"Despite claims by the Obama Administration that its policies are popular, our survey of our massive grass roots army proves that President Obama's policies toward seniors are wildly unpopular,” explains Phil Theodosiou, The Seniors Coalition's Executive Director. "Our supporters overwhelmingly want us to oppose the Obama anti-senior citizen agenda.”
4,611 supporters of The Seniors Coalition participated in the survey. Results of the nine-question survey are as follows:
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Should TSC oppose all efforts to cut Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments? |
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85% |
Yes |
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1% |
No |
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14% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Do you oppose means testing of Social Security benefits as a way to balance the federal budget? |
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85% |
Yes |
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2% |
No |
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13% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Should Congress pass a Social Security “Lock Box” bill?
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91% |
Yes |
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1% |
No |
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9% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Should Congress repeal the Death Tax? |
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90% |
Yes |
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1% |
No |
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9% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Should Congress repeal the 1993 tax hike on Social Security benefits? |
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87% |
Yes |
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0% |
No |
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13% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Should Congress pass legislation strengthening laws protecting the medical privacy of American citizens and safeguarding the confidential relationship between doctors and patients?
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89% |
Yes |
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0% |
No |
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11% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Do you believe the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit is improving the quality of health care available to senior citizens?
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59% |
Yes |
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19% |
No |
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22% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Should the Seniors Coalition oppose President Obama’s health care bill? |
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85% |
Yes |
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5% |
No |
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10% |
Undecided/No answer |
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Should TSC continue to build on its hard-earned reputation as America’s best advocacy alternative to AARP?
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79% |
Yes |
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3% |
No |
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19% |
Undecided/No answer |
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