Saturday, April 24, 2010
Americans Are More Skeptical of Washington Than Ever - WSJ.com
Survey says!
Americans are getting wise to the out-of-control proliferation of government.
Hopefully, they make their voting voices heard in November...
Americans are getting wise to the out-of-control proliferation of government.
Hopefully, they make their voting voices heard in November...
Andrew Kohut writes about it in the Wall Street Journal:
"Just 22% say they can trust the government in Washington almost always or most of the time, among the lowest measures in half a century.
Opinions about elected officials are particularly poor. Just 25% have a favorable opinion of Congress while 65% have an unfavorable view—the lowest favorable ratings for Congress in more than two decades of Pew Research center surveys.
Favorable ratings for federal agencies and institutions have fallen since 1997-98 for seven of 13 federal agencies included in the survey. The declines have been particularly large for the Department of Education, the Food and Drug Administration, the Social Security Administration, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As in the past, poor performance is the most persistent criticism of the federal government. But increasingly Americans say that government has the wrong priorities and that has a negative effect on their day-to-day lives. Sixty-two percent say that government policies unfairly benefit some groups, while nearly as many (56%) say that government does not do enough to help average Americans."
