Little More Than A Third Want BIG 3 Bailout.

48% Say Let Car Companies Fail - That Was Before Corporate Jet Joke.

Nearly half of U.S. voters (48%) say it is better for the economy to let companies like General Motors fail rather than providing government subsidies to keep them in business. Last week that number was 46%, and the poll was taken before revelations of the corporate jet fleet hauling GM, Ford and Chrysler’s CEO banck and forth to their Washington DC beg-a-thon.

Thirty-five percent (35%) believe it’s better to subsidize their continued existence, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Seventeen percent (17%) are undecided.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of Republicans and 60% of unaffiliated voters say it's better to let troubled companies like GM fail, compared to 26% of Democrats.

Fifty percent (50%) of Democrats think it's better to subsidize them, but just one-quarter of GOP and unaffiliated voters agree.

Fifty-three percent (53%) of investors say it is better to let companies like GM fail, compared to 38% of non-investors.

12% of voters, about one of eight, say their personal finances will be significantly hurt if General Motors files for bankruptcy protection. Seventy-three percent (73%) say their finances will not be impacted, while 15% aren't sure.

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