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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
We're Not Doing
Our Job.
I TOLD YOU NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING.... I don't care what all the other polls say. Generic Republican beats Obama. Herman Cain beats Obama. 64 percent hold Federal Government More to Blame than Wall Street. OWS protesters know Nothing about Economics. Here's the real kick in the teeth:
A new survey shows that Americans
overwhelmingly support the self-styled Occupy Wall Street protests that
not only have disrupted life in Lower Manhattan but also in Washington
and cities and towns across the U.S. and in other nations. Some 59
percent of adults either completely agree or mostly agree with the
protesters, while 31 percent mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10
percent of those surveyed didn’t know or refused to answer...
When it comes to the question of how to pay for the Democratic jobs bill, most respondents were more than willing to place a special burden on the wealthy. Those surveyed were asked about a possible 5 percent surtax on those earning more than $1 million annually... A whopping 68 percent of adults support the Democratic surtax to pay for the cost of their jobs plan. Only 27 percent opposed the tax, while 5 percent didn’t know. Men and women split almost identically on the issue, and black non-Hispanics were more supportive of the surtax than white non-Hispanics, with 84 percent supporting the idea...
Throughout the fall, the United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has revealed an electorate that’s extremely critical of Congress and wary of embracing any particular policy prescription for getting the American economy growing more briskly. The millionaire’s surtax has cut through the clutter. Although it may not be surprising that 90 percent of Democrats support this Democratic proposal, it’s notable that 71 percent of independents do and even 37 percent of Republicans like this kind of a tax increase.
When it comes to those Wall Street protests, there’s also a populist streak: Remarkably, nearly one-third of Republicans --31 percent -- completely or mostly agree with their aims. The sour economy has sparked some class resentments in unexpected places, it seems. Those stirrings are unlikely to come to fruition in this divided Congress, but there’s no indication they’re going away anytime soon.
When it comes to the question of how to pay for the Democratic jobs bill, most respondents were more than willing to place a special burden on the wealthy. Those surveyed were asked about a possible 5 percent surtax on those earning more than $1 million annually... A whopping 68 percent of adults support the Democratic surtax to pay for the cost of their jobs plan. Only 27 percent opposed the tax, while 5 percent didn’t know. Men and women split almost identically on the issue, and black non-Hispanics were more supportive of the surtax than white non-Hispanics, with 84 percent supporting the idea...
Throughout the fall, the United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has revealed an electorate that’s extremely critical of Congress and wary of embracing any particular policy prescription for getting the American economy growing more briskly. The millionaire’s surtax has cut through the clutter. Although it may not be surprising that 90 percent of Democrats support this Democratic proposal, it’s notable that 71 percent of independents do and even 37 percent of Republicans like this kind of a tax increase.
When it comes to those Wall Street protests, there’s also a populist streak: Remarkably, nearly one-third of Republicans --31 percent -- completely or mostly agree with their aims. The sour economy has sparked some class resentments in unexpected places, it seems. Those stirrings are unlikely to come to fruition in this divided Congress, but there’s no indication they’re going away anytime soon.
All those idiot friends and acquaintances of yours whom you blithely assume have at least some idea of what's going on don't know anything at all.
Get to work. Do the unthinkable. Talk to them. About politics. The country you save may be your own.
CORRECTION. Serendicity again. Found this critique of the National Journal poll. No big deal. But then, this afternoon, I received an honest-to-God local polling call myself about our upcoming county elections. It was the push poll to end all push polls. Clearly slanderous statements about the Republican candidates for freeholder were read off, followed by the bland question, "Does this make you more, or less, likely to vote for this person?" Even the pollster began to laugh when I interrupted him to finish the next intended slander by accusing the Republican of abusing his Pomeranian in the front yard of his palatial home. At the end, he thanked me for "not blowing up at me like the lady I talked to last did." I told him it wasn't his fault. At least he has a job. I guess he'd like to keep it.
