Poll: Washington to blame more than Wall Street for economy

USA TODAY:  Most Americans blame Wall Street for the nation’s economic predicament — but they blame Washington more.

And in the democracy that fancies itself the capital of capitalism, more than four in 10 people describe the U.S. economic system as personally unfair to them. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken last weekend, as the Occupy Wall Street protest movement completed its first month, found that: 

When asked whom they blame more for the poor economy, 64% of Americans name the federal government and 30% say big financial institutions…  (more)

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