What are Austrians most worried about? The gaping disparity between rich and poor.

Umfrage zeigt Wunsch nach Ausgleich
Die größte Sorge der Österreicher ist die Kluft zwischen armen und reichen Mitbürgern - Angst um Arbeitsplatz oder vor Terrorismus kommt weit danach
Linz - Mehr als ein Drittel der Österreicher sieht als großes Problem des Jahres 2008, dass die Kluft zwischen Armen und Reichen immer größer werden könnte. Weitere 47 Prozent betrachten diese soziale Frage immerhin "mit etwas Sorge". Das geht aus einer aktuellen, in der zweiten Dezemberwoche durchgeführten Umfrage des Linzer market-Instituts hervor.

Poll Shows Wish for Economic Equality
The greatest concern of Austrians is the gaping disparity between the rich and poor citizens -- Fears about jobs or terrorism lag far behind.
Linz -- More than a third of Austrians see the possibility that the gaping disparity between the rich and poor could grow as the greatest problem in 2008. More than 47% view this social question "with some concern." That is the result of a recent poll conducted by the Market-Institute of Linz in the second weed of December.

http://derstandard.at/

Austrians are way ahead of us in this respect.

:cry:

My husband is a Steirer.

I lived in Innsbruck when I attended the Universität.

Lived in Wien. Now in Austin, TX after being in a lot of places in between.

Austrians are Aliens, if that's how they are!

:shrug:

And you're saying that I don't understand your sentence?

I didn't understand what you were talking about.

Too sleepy... :boring:

where can one find an english translation of the whole der standard article. thanks.

of an article we can cut and paste and print on DU, so I only translated the first couple of paragraphs.

I had hoped for the possibility of some website translation service could do the job. Are their not such services.