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Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government
Gallup ^ | 9-26-2011 | Lydia Saad

Posted on 09/26/2011 9:01:57 AM PDT by Carbonsteel

PRINCETON, NJ -- A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years.

(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; gallup; gubmint; negative
I didn't really need Gallup to tell me what was blatently obvious.

But it's nice to have number and statistics to back up ones gut fellings.

1 posted on 09/26/2011 9:01:59 AM PDT by Carbonsteel
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To: Carbonsteel

Don’t leave home without it!


2 posted on 09/26/2011 9:05:26 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Carbonsteel

99% of Government thinks it’s running fine and that’s where the problem lies.


3 posted on 09/26/2011 9:05:43 AM PDT by maddog55 (OBAMA: Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: maddog55

LOL.


4 posted on 09/26/2011 9:06:28 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: Carbonsteel

At least government isn’t alone. The media is right there in the crapper with them.


5 posted on 09/26/2011 9:08:33 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: Carbonsteel

I’m curious what the overall popularity numbers looked like for the Fed back before the Civil War started? I’m going to guess they had much shorter fuses back then.

Most of us are compliant sheep.


6 posted on 09/26/2011 9:17:29 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Carbonsteel
My tagline explains the people's sky-high antipathy to the US govt. The bloated, 2/3 useless ever growing cash sucking US govt.

We're turning into a tyranny.

7 posted on 09/26/2011 9:24:17 AM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (Geithner: Taxes on 'Small Business' Must Rise So Government Doesn't 'Shrink')
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To: Carbonsteel

I’m reminded of the Tea Party sign from last summer’s march in D.C., “We come unarmed, THIS TIME.”


8 posted on 09/26/2011 10:45:06 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: rarestia
I actually think it is more an issue of dispersion and geography.

If the people who are extremely upset shared a common geography, we would have already entered another civil war.

Imagine if the people of Texas were forced to pay 70% of the federal taxes, or only the people West of the Mississippi had to comply with all of the idiotic, parasitical federal regulations.

The Leftists have apparently learned to disperse their attacks.

9 posted on 09/26/2011 10:48:56 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: SampleMan

If S.C. Johnson & Wax can make a product that repels an onslaught of mosquitoes in a central Florida swamp, there’s got to be something to keep these Liberals at bay.

Idea: The Truth as a weapon. Sadly, the number of conservative lawyers (our arbiters in this example) is far outweighed by the cabal of liberals in the legal professions.

We should continue to use the Internet in meaningful ways to spread the word about Liberty as intended by our Founders. True freedom in conjunction with free market enterprise means everyone’s employed, everyone’s got a roof over their head, everyone’s getting their 3 squares a day; provided, of course, they wish to pursue that happiness.


10 posted on 09/26/2011 12:25:13 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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