A sizeable majority of Israelis are prepared to make financial sacrifice in the effort to hold down inflation, according to a poll published in Maariv today.
The poll, conducted by the Modi’ in Ezrachi organization, reported that 73.1 percent of the respondents are willing to forego part of thier monthly cost-of-living increments whereas only 17.9 percent are not. This translates into three of every four Isrelis in support of the wage-price freeze package approved by the Cabinet yesterday.
The package requires wage-earners to give up about one-third of their C.O.L. allowances during the three months the freeze is in effect.
A substantial majority, 51.7 percent, believe the economic package deal will succeed in keeping prices stable over the three month period. But 37.8 percent were skeptical, the poll reported, and 10.6 percent had no opinion.
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