Posted on 08/02/2010 7:23:58 PM PDT by SeattleBruce
Let's put government on a diet. That's what voters seem to be saying in response to the Obama Democrats' vast expansion of the size and scope of government.
Evidence comes from pollster Scott Rasmussen. He asked likely voters -- his usual sample, which tilts more Republican than all adults -- whether increased government spending is good or bad for the economy.
The results were unambiguous. Good for the country? 28 percent. Bad for the country? 52 percent.
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Two-thirds of Rasmussen's Political Class voters believe that increased government spending would be good for the economy. These voters resemble those "practical men, who," in John Maynard Keynes' words, "believe themselves quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."
The defunct economist in this case is Keynes himself, who argued in the 1930s for the government to hire some men to dig holes and others to fill them up. Political Class voters, who wouldn't dream of digging holes themselves, still think this is a good idea. Most Americans don't.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
11/2/2010 is literally 3 months from today.
whether increased government spending is good or bad for the economy... Good for the country? 28 percent. Bad for the country? 52 percent.
We are the ones we’ve been waiting for
Each year the feds should be forced to cut their non-defense work force by a percentage equal to the current unemployment rate until the private sector unemployment rate gets back to 5%.
So! That's how Rasmussen remains so accurate!
This is what I don’t understand about Michelle Obama’s war against obesity. Shouldn’t the federal government be her #1 target?
The federal government asking (or requiring) people to watch their weight is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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