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16 Statistics Which Prove That The American People Are Absolutely Seething With Anger
TEC ^ | 8-15-2011

Posted on 08/15/2011 9:23:24 PM PDT by blam

16 Statistics Which Prove That The American People Are Absolutely Seething With Anger

August 15, 2011

According to a whole host of polls and surveys, the American people are incredibly angry right now. The American people are hopping mad at the government, the American people are hopping mad about the economy and the American people are hopping mad about the direction that this country is headed.
Never before in modern U.S. history have the American people been this angry. There is vast disagreement about what the solutions to our problems actually are, but what everyone can agree on is that the American people are absolutely seething with anger right now. The statistics that you are about to read are mind blowing.
We used to be such a happy country. Once upon a time we were one of the happiest places on earth. But as the economy has fallen to pieces anger has been steadily growing. If something is not done to turn the economy around eventually this anger is going to erupt in frightening and unpredictable ways.

The American people are not equipped to handle hard times. We are incredibly spoiled. Most of us have only known good times, and most of us have been taught that we will have endless prosperity all of our lives because we live in the greatest nation on earth.

Well, "the greatest nation on earth" is about to get a massive wake up call. We are up to our eyeballs in debt and we are bleeding jobs, businesses and wealth at an astounding pace. Our economy is dying right in front of our eyes, and most Americans have been so "dumbed-down" that they don't even realize what is happening.

But what most Americans do know is that things are "bad" and they want someone to "fix" things. They know that something is "not right" and they want things to go back to the way things used to be. The longer it takes for things to return to "normal", the angrier they are going to get.

The following are 16 statistics which prove that the American people are absolutely seething with anger right now....

#1 A new Washington Post poll has found that a whopping 78 percent of Americans are dissatisfied "with the way this country’s political system is working".

#2 That same poll found that only 26 percent of Americans believe that the federal government can solve the economic problems that we are now facing.

#3 Gallup says that Barack Obama's job approval rating has hit an all-time low of 39%.

#4 According to a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, Congress has a disapproval rating of 82%.

#5 A new Rasmussen survey has found that 85 percent of Americans believe that members of Congress "are more interested in helping their own careers than in helping other people."

#6 That same survey found that 46 percent of the American people believe that most members of Congress are corrupt. That figure was a new all-time high.

#7 According to a different Rasmussen survey, only 17 percent of Americans now believe that the U.S. government has the consent of the governed.

#8 A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll discovered that 73 percent of the American people believe that the nation is "on the wrong track".

#9 A recent poll taken by Rasmussen found that 68 percent of Americans believe that we are actually in a recession right now.

#10 According to Gallup, the percentage of Americans that lack confidence in U.S. banks is now at an all-time high of 36%.

#11 U.S. consumer confidence is now at its lowest level in 30 years.

#12 According to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, 90 percent of Americans believe that the economy is performing poorly.

#13 That same poll found that approximately 80 percent of Americans believe that it is "difficult" to find a job these days.

#14 According to one recent poll, 39 percent of Americans believe that the U.S. economy has now entered a "permanent decline".

#15 Another recent survey found that 48 percent of Americans believe that it is likely that another great Depression will begin within the next 12 months.

#16 According to a brand new Rasmussen survey, 48% of Americans believe that reductions in government spending are "at least somewhat likely" to result in civil unrest inside the United States.

So why doesn't the government step in and spend a whole bunch of money and make everything all better?

Well, the problem is that we have done this time after time before and now we are broke.

We have been living way, way beyond our means for decades and now the bills are coming due.

David Walker, the former Comptroller General of the United States, has been warning about our debt problem for years. Walker says that the United States is heading for a "sudden and very painful" economic collapse....

"Here’s the bottom line. If you take the total liabilities of the United States – public debt, unfunded pensions, retiree health care, under funding with regard to social security, with regard to medicare, a range of commitments and contingencies – as of September 30 2010 we would have had to have had $61.6 trillion dollars in the bank in order to be able to defease those obligations."

The cold, hard truth is that the U.S. national debt should have been addressed many years ago when it was still relatively small.

At this point, there is no solution to our national debt problem under our current financial system.

Most state governments are also facing huge financial problems. The state government of Illinois is so broke at this point that it can't even afford to bury the poor people that are dying.

But Illinois is not alone. All over the country, state and local governments have been implementing austerity measures.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, state and local governments have slashed more than half a million jobs since August 2008.

That is a whole lot of good jobs that aren't there anymore.

But government debt is not the only debt problem that we are facing. Personal debt is also a raging crisis.

According to USDebtClock.org, the total amount of personal debt in the United States is now over 16 trillion dollars. The exploding levels of personal debt have created a tremendous amount of stress in households from coast to coast.

When I was growing up, it seemed like almost everyone was in the middle class. But today the middle class is shrinking at lightning speed.

According to author David DeGraw, 17.3% of all Americans were living in poverty during 2009. Not only that, DeGraw also says that 9 major U.S. cities have a poverty rate of over 25 percent.

Can you imagine that?

In fact, there are some cities such as Detroit where the poverty rate is over 35 percent.

It is hard to believe what is happening to America. Today, there are over 45 million Americans on food stamps. That number has increased by approximately 12 percent in the last year alone.

There are currently 34 million Americans that need a full-time job. Unemployment is rampant and there is intense competition even for part-time jobs that pay minimum wage.

So where did all of the jobs go?

Well, as I have written about previously, globalism is absolutely devastating our economy. Millions of our jobs have been shipped to countries where labor is far, far cheaper and they aren't coming back.

In addition, millions of Americans that do still have jobs are also deeply struggling right now. There are millions and millions of Americans that are working part-time jobs because that is all that they can find right now. Millions of other Americans are flat broke and are discovering that their paychecks are "shrinking" due to inflation. Wages have barely risen while prices for food and other necessities are skyrocketing.

Most families are really struggling to get by right now.

According to the Washington Post, the average yearly income of the bottom 90 percent of U.S. income earners is $31,244.

It is really hard to pay a mortgage and feed a family on that income.

The only people that seem to be doing well are at the very top.

The average yearly income of the top 0.1% of U.S. income earners is 5.6 million dollars.

Not that making money is a bad thing, but when an economic system funnels all of the rewards to the very top you know something is deeply broken.

The poorest 50% of all Americans now own just 2.5% of all the wealth in the United States.

A lot of poor Americans have literally fallen off the map. The Daily Mail recently did a feature on one tent city that has been constructed deep in a forest in New Jersey....

In scenes reminiscent of the Great Depression these are the ramshackle homes of the desperate and destitute U.S. families who have set up their own 'Tent City' only an hour from Manhattan.

More than 50 homeless people have joined the community within New Jersey's forests as the economic crisis has wrecked their American dream.

You can see shocking pictures of this tent city right here.

So it is no wonder why so many Americans are so angry.

If you lost your job or your home you would probably be angry too.

Most Americans just want to be able to go to work, make a decent living, pay the mortgage and provide for their families.

But in America today that is becoming increasingly difficult to do.

Our economy is a giant mess and the American people are becoming very angry.

If the economy gets even worse, they are going to become even angrier.

Storm clouds are gathering on the horizon.

Things are about to get very, very interesting.


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KEYWORDS: anger; bhoeconomy; budget; debt; economy; getreadyhereitcomes; prepperping; survivalping
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To: SatinDoll

The only way the UN could work is if Ambassador John Bolton was made its Dictator for Life. A better solution, though, would be to move it to Europe, minimize our monetary contribution, and install Bolton as Secretary of State in the next administration.


41 posted on 08/15/2011 11:38:27 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: abigailsmybaby

Great response by your hubby! I have one, too.

One of my clients is right next to a gas station (they share a parking lot). I had just pulled into a parking spot one day, when my phone rang. I answered, became involved in a conversation, and was writing something down...when I was startled by a rap on my window. I was totally shocked when a “gentleman” asked if I would give him money for gas.

I was driving a 4x4 Dodge truck...and he apparently couldn’t see into the back seat. I just rolled down the back window and my rather protective DOG answered on my behalf....LOL!


42 posted on 08/15/2011 11:48:36 PM PDT by garandgal
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To: garandgal

LOL!! Good dog!!


43 posted on 08/15/2011 11:56:01 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby ("To understan' the livin', you gotta commune wit' da dead." Minerva)
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To: unkus
Anyone with an 0bama bumper sticker on his/her car is asking for an ass kicking.

Every time I see one I have to make eye contact. I want to remember their faces. No expression and no gestures. Just a cold stare.
44 posted on 08/16/2011 12:44:46 AM PDT by PA Engineer (SP/XX12: Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: PA Engineer

I always look over to see if they actually look like dumb asses.


45 posted on 08/16/2011 1:12:20 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
I always look over to see if they actually look like dumb asses.

That too. We do not have the luxury anymore of explaining away their voting behavior as innocent. They created the suffering. There is no justice unless they pay for it. The "takers" must pay back the taking.
46 posted on 08/16/2011 1:31:43 AM PDT by PA Engineer (SP/XX12: Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: PA Engineer

I saw one a few weeks back with an Obama 2012 shirt on in Souper Salad. They are still out there. They must really like crap sandwiches. I’ll never understand that level of stupidity. I couldn’t excuse it in 2008 and there’s no way to excuse it now. It truly is mind boggling. I just thank goodness for FR where I can commiserate with sane people.


47 posted on 08/16/2011 1:39:43 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
I saw one a few weeks back with an Obama 2012 shirt on in Souper Salad. They are still out there. They must really like crap sandwiches. I’ll never understand that level of stupidity. I couldn’t excuse it in 2008 and there’s no way to excuse it now. It truly is mind boggling. I just thank goodness for FR where I can commiserate with sane people.

I understand. I find the ultimate offense that the idiots still flaunt it. These are America's brownshirts. I may on occasion forget names, but I never forget a face or a "bumper sticker". There is no claim of innocence by ignorance in this group. There can be no justice until these people pay back the damage they have caused.
48 posted on 08/16/2011 2:13:43 AM PDT by PA Engineer (SP/XX12: Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: abigailsmybaby

My husband stopped at a Love’s truck stop to fill up his company truck last Friday. A black woman pulled up to a pump in a Mercedes, walked up to him and asked if he’d pay to fill her car up.


Please tell me you are kidding or at least being sarcastic. Because if you are not.... Well, I really don’t have a problem believing it. And that really is a sad thing to say.


49 posted on 08/16/2011 3:35:11 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: blam
1 Statistic Which Proves That The American People Are Not Angry At All

I don't see any politicians in this country walking around in fear of their lives. In fact, they all -- Democrat and Republican alike -- seem quite content.

50 posted on 08/16/2011 3:40:46 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: PA Engineer

I always look over to see if they actually look like dumb asses.
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Put me down ,, I do that regularly.


51 posted on 08/16/2011 3:47:31 AM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: blam
Well, as I have written about previously, globalism is absolutely devastating our economy. Millions of our jobs have been shipped to countries where labor is far, far cheaper and they aren't coming back.e

It is not hourly wages which cause outsourcing but indirect costs such as health insurance, paid vacations, payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, retirement contributions, OSHA, EPA and ill-conceived energy policies which drive employers outsource to foreign countries.

52 posted on 08/16/2011 4:12:04 AM PDT by monocle
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To: blam

There is NO solution under present Federal structure..

However...

The American job machine doesn’t start until someone in DC grabs a history text and starts reading about Warren Harding...and acting on it.

Warren Harding figured it out in 1920...

Congress and the Executive Branch have lots to do.

So far they’re not doin’ it right..

Its been done before..

Harding cut the government’s budget nearly in half between 1920 and 1922. The rest of Harding’s approach was equally laissez-faire. Tax rates were slashed for all income groups. The national debt was reduced by one-third. The Federal Reserve’s activity, moreover, was hardly noticeable. As one economic historian puts it, “Despite the severity of the contraction, the Fed did not move to use its powers to turn the money supply around and fight the contraction.” 2 By the late summer of 1921, signs of recovery were already visible. The following year, unemployment was back down to 6.7 percent and was only 2.4 percent by 1923.

http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1319&loc=r

BTW..ole Warren ALSO fixed immigration...

Mr. Harding signed into law the Emergency Quota Act[3] which sought to control immigration following World War I and preserve the distinctive American culture by ensuring the majority of immigrants came from the historically compatible cultures of Northern Europe. This law aimed to bring wages of hard working Americans under control by limiting immigration to 3% of the 1910 census. It was followed on by a similar act in 1924, after Mr. Harding’s death.[4]

A Warren Harding prescription...if filled ...would ignite the afterburners on the US job machine and the economy. However DC would have to yield on a tremendous amount of power. Our job as We the People...is to persuade them of the “utility” ..shall we say..of doing so. In all probability the same minds that made the mess...aren’t capable of the solution however.

BTW any takers that ‘Bammy couldn’t even tell you that Warren Harding was one of his predecessors in office?

Even more telling about what our betters in the RinoCracy think of a Constitutional President..

http://www.usnews.com/listings/worst-presidents/warren-harding


53 posted on 08/16/2011 5:00:32 AM PDT by mo
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To: Fantasywriter; unkus
I have polite and “friendly” conversations with 0 bumper sticker people(of which there are getting to be fewer and fewer). Most a completely clueless as to what is going on. They live in some kind of dream world. Around here they are almost to a one a Kalifornia export. Liberalism is truly a mental disorder.
54 posted on 08/16/2011 5:11:25 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: unkus
Anyone with an 0bama bumper sticker on his/her car is asking for an ass kicking.

I've noticed the obummer stickers are few and far between in Austin. I've only seen one obummer 2012 sticker here. Looked at the driver, and it was one of holder's people.

55 posted on 08/16/2011 5:26:56 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: SatinDoll
I do not support isolationism, but I know this nation can be energy independent.

The only way we can ever become energy independent, is to get rid of the green weenie pretender in chief.

56 posted on 08/16/2011 5:41:13 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: hosepipe

I would be too but I have to try to control my blood pressure. LOL


57 posted on 08/16/2011 5:57:36 AM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: mad_as_he$$

The cluelessness is real and so, SO destructive. The MSM is as rotten as DC, and that’s saying something. Fortunately, or unfortunately as the case may be, a horrifically bad economy wakes at least some of these zombies up. Let’s hope and pray they either stay home on Nov ‘12, or for once in their lives vote against the rampant destruction of the country. It would be a good start.


58 posted on 08/16/2011 6:40:12 AM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: mad_as_he$$

Liberalism is truly a mental disorder.


It certainly is. There is no reasoning with them and the libs I know won’t admit they made a mistake with 0bama.

When they love their families and country more than they hate anything “conservative”, we’ll all be better off.


59 posted on 08/16/2011 7:04:13 AM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: Arrowhead1952

and it was one of holder’s people.


Sad, isn’t it.


60 posted on 08/16/2011 7:05:59 AM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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