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How much have you heard about global warming or climate change?
There is a controversy over what the countries of the world, including the US, should do about the problem of global warming. I'm going to read you three statements. Please tell me which statement comes closest to your own point of view.
President Bush and the leaders of the other major developed countries will be meeting in Scotland, July 6-8 at what is called the G-8 Summit. One of the major topics for discussion will be climate change or global warming. Do you think that if the leader
At the G-8 Summit some countries may be willing to do more than other countries to limit their greenhouse gases. As compared to the other developed countries do you think the US should do:
At present, do you think the US, compared to other developed countries does:
Just based on your impressions, do you think President Bush favors or opposes the U.S. participating in the Kyoto agreement to reduce global warming
Which of the following statements is closest to your own opinion?
Suppose there were a survey of scientists that found that an overwhelming majority have concluded that global warming is occurring and poses a significant threat. If this were the case, do you think the US should:
Which comes closer to your opinion?
Based on what you know, do you think the U.S. should or should not participate in the Kyoto agreement to reduce global warming?
Here is a list of possible approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that may contribute to climate change. For each one please say whether you favor or oppose it: [Provide tax incentives to utility companies to encourage them to sell environment
Here is a list of possible approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that may contribute to climate change. For each one please say whether you favor or oppose it: [Give cash incentives like tax credits and rebates to individual households that u
Here is a list of possible approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that may contribute to climate change. For each one please say whether you favor or oppose it: [Require that by 2010, half of all new cars produced are hybrid-electric or some o
Here is a list of possible approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions that may contribute to climate change. For each one please say whether you favor or oppose it: [Continue the tax credit for purchasing a hybrid-electric car]
Just based on what you know, do you favor or oppose having such limits on how much greenhouse gases large companies can emit?
According to an estimate done by MIT, cutting greenhouse gas emissions as much as this draft of the new bill would require will increase various costs to the average American household by about $15 a month. Do you tend to feel that this estimate is
If in fact it appears that it would likely cost $15 a month for an average household, would you favor or oppose enacting such a bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
As you may know, international trade has increased substantially in recent years. How positive or negative do you think the growth of international trade is, OVERALL? Please answer on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being completely negative, 10 being compl
I would like to know your impression of government efforts to help retrain workers who have lost jobs due to international trade. Do you think those efforts have been:
Do you think that countries that are part of international trade agreements should or should not be required to maintain minimum standards for working conditions?
Overall, do you think that countries that are part of international trade agreements should or should not be required to maintain minimum standards for protection of the environment?
I would like to know how you feel about the process of increasing trade between countries through lowering trade barriers, such as taxes on imports. Do you feel this process has been going too fast, too slowly, or at about the right pace?
As you may know, the US and some countries of Central America have negotiated a treaty called the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) that is similar to what the US now has with Mexico and Canada in NAFTA. Would you favor or oppose Congress app
Suppose the US government, as part of CAFTA, were to commit to substantially increase federal spending on programs to help American workers who lose their jobs. In this case would you favor or oppose Congress approving such a new agreement:
Suppose the US government, as part of CAFTA, were to commit to make sure that Central American countries enforce health and safety standards for their workers. In this case, would you favor or oppose Congress approving such a new agreement?
Suppose the US government, as part of CAFTA, were to commit: --to substantially increase federal spending on programs to help American workers who lose their jobs, AND--to make sure that Central American countries enforce health and safety standards for
Which of the following three positions comes closest to your point of view about lowering trade barriers such as tariffs?
Some people say that the federal government should invest more in worker retraining and education to help workers adapt to changes in the economy. Others say that such efforts just create big government programs that do not work very well. Which comes cl
Please tell me if you agree or disagree with the following statement: While we cannot expect workers in foreign countries to make the same wages as in the US, we should expect other countries to permit wages to rise by allowing workers to organize into u
Do you think the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, has been good or bad for the United States?
You skipped the previous question. Please read this question and make a selection from a slightly different set of possible answers.Do you think the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, has been good or bad for the United States?
Some people say that if people in other countries are making products that we use, this creates a moral obligation for us to make efforts to ensure that they do not have to work in harsh or unsafe conditions. Others say that it is not for us to judge wha
Some people say that the government should provide wage insurance for people who lose their jobs as a result of the growth of international trade. This would mean that when the person finds a new job, the government will ensure that that person makes at
As you may know, with freer trade jobs are often lost due to imports from other countries, while new jobs are created when the US exports more products to other countries. I'd like you to imagine in one industry some jobs are lost because of foreign comp
Which position is closest to yours?
As you may know, at the G8 Summit there will be discussion of the idea of all the wealthy countries committing at least seven tenths of one percent of their gross domestic product to reducing poverty and disease, and promoting economic development in poo
Do you favor or oppose the US government giving subsidies to small farmers, who work farms less than 500 acres?
Do you favor or oppose the US government giving subsidies to small farmers:
Do you favor or oppose the US government giving subsidies to large farming businesses?
Do you favor or oppose the US government giving subsidies to large farming businesses:
Is it your impression that farm subsidies in the US:
As you may know there has been large-scale violence in Darfur, Sudan, that some, including the Bush administration, have called genocide. Do you think the members of the UN should or should not step in with military force to stop the violence in Darfur?
If other members of the UN are willing to contribute troops to a military operation in Darfur, do you think the US should or should not be willing to contribute some troops as well?
At present there is a peacekeeping force in Darfur made up of soldiers from African countries. But this force is quite weak and its presence has not stopped the violence. The African Union has asked NATO for equipment and logistical support. Do you think
Please just give your impression. About how many American soldiers do you think have been killed by hostile fire in Iraq since the US went to war with Iraq in March 2003?
Do you think Presidential candidates should make clear how much they would propose spending on the major parts of the federal budget or do you think this is not so important?
As you may, know the US and other wealthy countries have set for themselves a series of goals, called the Millennium Development Goals. These call for reducing hunger by half, providing basic sanitation in poor countries, and other goals by the year 2015
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