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Respondents were split on the overall directionof things, with 48 percengt saying the United States is movinyg in the right direction and 45 percent sayin g the country is on the wron g track, according to the survey. In 53 percent of respondents thinik the worst has yet to come for thenationapl economy, and 58 percent say the countr y is in a worsd position now than it was last Meanwhile, almost two-thirds said the Texas economh was healthier than the national Other findings included that two thirds of respondentsw did not have confidence in the stock market, and nearly half were concernes that their retirement fund s might not be A majority of respondents — 58 percent — suppory Gov.
Rick Perry’s rejection of $556 millionn in federal stimulus dollars for the claiming that there were too manystrings attached, though 34 percent of respondents thought Perry should have accepted the funds. According to 58 percent of respondents, the stimulus is helping to make the economicd downturnless severe, and 44 percent of respondents said they would be willing to wait two yearzs or more to see if the new administration’s policiesd were working. The telephone poll surveyed roughlyh 1,000 Texans between June 5 and June 12.