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For you and your family, is the economic picture the same as a year ago, better, or worse?

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When you think about our state, is the economic picture the same as a year ago, better, or worse?

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When it comes to your family’s economic security, what worries you most?

Stagnant Wages
Rising cost of food, health care, and other necessities
Planning for the future (education or retirement)
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Congress is current debating two trade issues. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – sometimes called Fast Track – is the process by which Congress sets out negotiating objectives and establishes how a trade agreement would be considered for a vote once it is submitted by the President. The other issue – the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)- is the actual negotiation that is underway among the U.S. and 11 other countries. While TPA is usually in place prior to the start of a negotiation, the issues are now merged because TPP is said to be close to finalized. Which of the following describes your views:

You are open to a new trade agreement if it fixes the flaws of NAFTA by including enforceable worker rights and environmental standards, has real enforcement and prevents countries from manipulating their currency to gain an unfair advantage.
More trade always seems to end up costing the U.S. jobs. We should focus on strengthening domestic manufacturing and ending tax breaks that ship U.S. jobs overseas.
We live in a global economy. Our market is wide open so we need trade agreements to be able to sell our goods and services to the rest of the world.
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At both the state and federal levels, legislators are discussing how to pay for improvements to our roads and bridges which everyone agrees are in hazardous condition and in desperate need of repair. Which of the following describes your view?:

I am willing to pay more in taxes to fund road improvements if there is a guarantee that is what it goes to pay for.
I support fixing our roads, but think we should find a different way to pay for it so that individuals don’t bear the burden.
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Several years ago, Congress approved a system of automatic across-the-board spending reductions (sequestration) that impact both defense and non-defense spending. Because these indiscriminate cuts to spending proved harmful to basic government functions like medical and scientific research, education, veterans’ health care, national parks, law enforcement, and national defense, Congress approved stop-gap measures to ameliorate the sequestration cuts, but that relief expires next year when across-the-board sequestration cuts are set to resume. Which of the following describes your view?:

We need a balance of spending reductions and revenue increases so that we can make key investments in education, medical research and infrastructure that our critical to our future.
Let the across the board cuts go back in to affect and don’t spare any part of the budget – defense or non-defense.
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The United States along with 5 other countries are negotiating with Iran to limit that countries ability to obtain a nuclear weapon. Iran says it wants the ability to process uranium for energy purposes, but the international community wants a way to verify that there is not a covert effort to produce a weapon. Which of the following describes your view?:

A negotiated settlement that restricts Iran’s enrichment capabilities and has a process in place for inspections is worth pursuing.
As a state sponsor of terrorism is it hard to imagine a deal with Iran that contains its aggression and it is better to maintain economic sanctions and a policy that seeks to isolate Iran.
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2015 Federal Issues Spring Survey