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A recent AP-Gfk poll has been taken, (who are these people being polled anyways?), and it seems Americans are optimistic about 2010.

WASHINGTON – The bank account is thin, but the future looks pretty good.

That, oddly enough, is the view of many Americans who predict 2010 will be a better year than this one, even if they fear that the U.S. economy and their own financial circumstances won’t improve.

A whopping 82 percent are optimistic about what the new year will bring for their families, according to the latest AP-GfK poll. That sunny outlook seems at odds with other findings.

Nearly two-thirds think their family finances will worsen or stay about the same next year. And fewer than half think the nation’s economy will improve in 2010, even though Americans rated 2009 as a huge downer.

Interesting, isn’t it?  However, please note that Americans rated 2009 as a “huge downer”.  Ya think?  My personal fave from this article is this woman:

H. June Clark, a Republican retiree in Fort Wayne, Ind., is not as cheery. And she has a warning for all politicians.

A daughter and her husband, both teachers, were laid off for part of 2009, said Clark, 82, who once worked as a server at a country club. Some family members are still out of work, she said.

Clark thinks the nation is headed toward socialism, and she wants a wholesale change in elected officials, no matter their party affiliation.

“I think they have just destroyed our faith in government and I want them out,” she said. “I don’t care if we get independents, populists, whatever. I just want them out.”

“I just want them out.”  Amen, sister.

What will 2010 bring?  Only God knows.  I myself am feeling less than hopeful on a national level, but always hopeful on a personal level.  The older I become, the more I view each New Year as a blank slate of sorts.

2009, yes, sucked, for a great many reasons.  2010?  We’ll see.

Here’s to a great New Year, for you and yours!

From AP via Yahoo!