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Thousands of USW Rapid Response activists responded to our Taking Back the Economy Survey.  Participants were asked to rank a listing of economic issues based on what they believed were the most important to the least important.  The results are below. 

The first number indicates the ranking of the issue, with 1 being the one most often cited as the most important and 10 as the least.  The number in parenthesis indicates the average score given to the issue by all respondents.

1 (most important) - Health Care Costs and the Uninsured (2.7)
2 - Unfair Trade Laws and Outsourcing (3.0)
3 - Union-Busting (4.4)
4 - Disappearing Pensions (4.6)
5 - Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest Americans (5.5)
6 - Skyrocketing CEO Pay (6.1)
7 - Deregulation of Services/Privatization (6.5)
8 - Personal Debt (6.9)
9 - Corporate Bankruptcies (7.2)
10 - Wal Mart (8.0)