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Gallup: Americans Say Government is the Most Important Problem
Cybercast News Service ^ | January 31, 2023 | 12:51pm EST | Michael W. Chapman

Posted on 01/31/2023 5:28:52 PM PST by Olog-hai

In a new survey conducted in January, Americans said the government/poor leadership is “the most important problem facing this country today.” The second most important problem cited is inflation. […]

Immigration was in third place, cited by 11% of adults; economy in general, 10%; and race relations/racism, 5%.

On the political scale, 24% of Republicans said government was the number one problem, as did 18% of Democrats. […]

In this latest survey, economic confidence is at –39%. “The latest –39 reading is identical to last month but well above the –58 score last June amid high gas prices and the record low of –72 in October 2008, during the Great Recession,” reported Gallup. “The ECI has been in negative territory since July 2021, when the U.S. inflation rate was on the rise.”

On the upside, however, 64% of U.S. adults think that now is good time to “find a quality job.” …

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


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: aliens; economy; gallup; immigration; notimmigration

1 posted on 01/31/2023 5:28:52 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The leftists want more freebies, and the right (which excludes the RINOs) wants less government. Guess who is going to win out?


2 posted on 01/31/2023 5:33:14 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Olog-hai

Too many taxes

Too many laws


3 posted on 01/31/2023 5:35:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

...but they are responsible.

dolts


4 posted on 01/31/2023 5:40:05 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: Olog-hai

The problem are the corrupt politicians.


5 posted on 01/31/2023 5:52:00 PM PST by George J. Jetso
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To: Olog-hai

The number one issue is vote integrity. Without that nothing else matters . Not even close. A Republic without vote integrity is not a Republic, it is a Dictatorship.


6 posted on 01/31/2023 6:32:35 PM PST by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
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To: Olog-hai

And yet the retards continue to vote FOR “da problem”. I’m not sure who is the most problematic. The political stooges or the idiots who vote for them.


7 posted on 01/31/2023 6:52:21 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Spay and neuter your "migrants" and liberals.)
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To: Nateman

Great post! I’m with you.


8 posted on 01/31/2023 6:53:22 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Spay and neuter your "migrants" and liberals.)
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To: CatOwner

The ones who count the votes, of course.


9 posted on 01/31/2023 7:06:50 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Which ones? The nonexistent ones whose “votes” the mules were carrying?


10 posted on 01/31/2023 7:07:26 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
From 1963...

Bureaucracy Kills: A Lesson from Rome

11 posted on 01/31/2023 7:23:03 PM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Olog-hai

We just had elections. I don’t believe this at all. Had they really felt that way, we’d won a hundred seats.


12 posted on 01/31/2023 9:23:22 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: napscoordinator

Who are “we” in this context?


13 posted on 01/31/2023 11:49:28 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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