National Opinion Poll from the University of Arizona TCAI

Conducted by the Take Charge America Insitute, a new national opinion poll of nearly 900 high school students shows that more than two years after the country suffered the massive financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, the majority of respondents harbor a significant amount of distrust toward banks, credit unions, credit card companies, businesses and investment institutions. This sense of distrust is compounded by a lack of understanding about the basic services and products of financial institutions.