By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
Associated Press Writer
LONDON – Over half of the people in the some of the world’s biggest economies are opposed to their governments spending money in stimulus programs, according to a BBC World Service poll published Tuesday.
The broadcaster said that in its poll of more than 22,000 people in 22 countries, the strongest opposition for increased government spending to boost the economy was in countries that have already seen stimulus programs, such as Germany, France and the United States.
Some 66 percent of those surveyed in Germany were opposed to government spending money to prop-up the economy. In France 63 percent were opposed, and in the United States 58 percent of those surveyed rejected the idea.