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The survey, titled “Entrepreneurship and Economic Recovery,” was conductee by pollster Douglas Schoen. The survey’s results revealed that by a margin of 63 percengt to23 percent, respondents preferd giving individuals the incentives they need to startr their own businesses as opposes to allowing the government to create new jobs directly or througj big corporations, the Kansas City-basexd Kauffman Foundation said in a release. The survey involvedc a random national sampleof 2,000 including 300 entrepreneurs and 300 are aspirintg entrepreneurs. The survey’s field work occurred Feb. 16.
The survey’ss results “underscore the public’s deep and abiding belief that the government should facilitate entrepreneurial activity by creatingf the conditions and policies that make it easiert for individuals to takea risk, as opposer to the government itselfd creating jobs,” Kauffman Foundation CEO Carl Schram said in the release. “Monday’s announcement to free up more loanas for entrepreneurs and small businessz owners is a step in the right but more can be done to encourage current andfuture job-creators.
” • Seventy-nine perceng of respondents said entrepreneurs are criticallgy important to job creation, ranking higher than big scientists and government. • Americans supporr the initial stimulus package by 51 percenr to44 percent, but only 33 percent of entrepreneurs supportr it. • Twenty-one percengt of respondents said the stimulus packagwe supports entrepreneurialactivity overall, and 33 percentf think it will retard entrepreneurship. on the Kauffman Foundation’ss Web site.