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Posted on 06/24/2010 6:26:59 AM PDT by bamahead
Nearly half of American Adults see the government today as a threat to individual rights rather than a protector of those rights.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Adults see the government today as a threat to rights. Thirty-seven percent (37%) hold the opposite view. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.
Most Republicans (74%) and unaffiliateds (51%) consider the government to be a threat to individual rights. Most Democrats (64%) regard the government as a protector of rights.
Additionally, most Americans (52%) say it is more important for the government to protect individual rights than to promote economic growth. Just 31% say promoting economic growth is more important. But again a sizable number (17%) of Adults aren't sure which is more important.
This nationwide survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on June 18-19, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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Clearly 52% of people are idiots.
“48% See Government Today As A Threat to Individual Rights”
That low? We still have work to do.
Just 48% see government as a threat to individual rights???
100% of our founding fathers saw the same threat.
That’s why they drafted the US Constitution.
In other news 52% of Americans prove themselves to be idiots.
Well, they say half the people are below average.
That's why I call them dem-wits.
Since when are these choices mutually exclusive? I would think economic growth would increase when individual rights are protected.
and the other 52% are excited about our government’s plans to insert a mind controlling chip in their brains
“He has erected an multitude of New Offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.”
Where do you think the Declaration of Independence stands on Czars?
I predict it will be much higher before obama is through
48%.....THE MSM HAS DONE A GOOD JOB COVERING UP THE TRUTH.
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And/or fully on board with receiving their full livelihood from the government.
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And/or fully on board with receiving their full livelihood from the government.
Come November, we start after the MSM with the Tea Parties, just like Breitbart suggested.
This current government, the tyrannical executive branch and their willing enablers in Congress, need to be replaced. All of them. Ballot box. C’mon November.
Great idea. (I hadn't seen nor heard that) HOORAY Andrew Breitbart!
Government, inherently, and almost by definition, is a threat to individual rights.
The only government ever conceived in liberty was ours, with our Constitution, and our Declaration stating that rights are inherent and granted by our Creator and are irrevocable.
Government’s only “legitimate” function is to protect those rights. Anything outside of that mandate is exceeding the bounds of its function.
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