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LEIPZIG, GERMANY - MAY 23: A man with a large belly eats junk food on May 23, 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. According to statistics a majority of Germans are overweight and are comparatively heavier than people in most other countries in Europe.
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Just three years ago, support for gay marriage was 44%. The current 53% level of support is essentially double the 27% in Gallup's initial measurement on gay marriage, in 1996.
Gallup has found that only about one in five young adults expect to receive a Social Security benefit when they retire ... And even if they do receive a benefit, potential reforms to Social Security may require today's younger workers to wait until a later age to get full benefits or to get a proportionately smaller benefit than today's retirees. Thus, young respondents are looking to sources outside of Social Security to support them after they stop working.
The amount of attention Americans are paying to the IRS and the Benghazi situations is well below the average for news stories Gallup has tracked over the yearsMore quotes »
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Republicans More Likely Than Democrats to Rate the IRS Negatively
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New 'atheist map' of the world dominated by China where half the country¿s population describes themselves as non-believers
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There's Been A Big Drop In People Who Call Themselves Economic Conservatives
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South Asians Heavily Reliant on Informal Money Transfers
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Gallup poll: 42 percent say the IRS is doing a poor job
Americans view the IRS? Forty-two percent of Americans say the Internal revenue Service is doing a poor job, according to a new Gallup poll . That number has climbed dramatically since 2009. But it could be worse for the agency: A majority of Americans say 5/23/13 from The Washington Post Read more »
