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RASMUSSEN--> America Believes That Government is the PROBLEM Not The Solution
Rasmussen/ Yidwithlid ^ | 2/26/09 | Yidwithlid

Posted on 02/26/2009 8:47:59 AM PST by Shellybenoit

Ronald Reagan once said, '"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

And America Still agrees with him. According to the latest Rasmussen Survey, almost sixty percent of American voters feel that government is the PROBLEM not the solution. Most voters believe that no matter how bad things are, Congress could always make them worse (see the Stimulus bill).

Read more about the survey below:

(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2009; congress; conservativevalues; democratcongress; democrats; socialism
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1 posted on 02/26/2009 8:47:59 AM PST by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

now we just need some politicians to say it and we are back in business.


2 posted on 02/26/2009 8:48:31 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: Shellybenoit

That’s great. Except 60% of them love Obama. Morons.


3 posted on 02/26/2009 8:49:35 AM PST by exist
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To: Shellybenoit

WHAT THE HELL DID THESE IDIOTS THINK THEY WERE VOTING FOR?????


4 posted on 02/26/2009 8:50:46 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (welcome to the endgame.)
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To: Shellybenoit

contrary to some belief, the left is NOT defined by big government.

big government is just their tool of choice to control. If they could do it with a small band of armed people, they would.


5 posted on 02/26/2009 8:51:16 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: txhurl

Ping.


6 posted on 02/26/2009 8:52:11 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Shellybenoit

Government is the solution to the Democrats’ problem - of getting re-elected.


7 posted on 02/26/2009 8:52:35 AM PST by popdonnelly (Olbermann and Matthews remind one of zoo monkeys throwing excrement)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Unfortunately, that’s why they are called idiots.


8 posted on 02/26/2009 8:53:19 AM PST by Tarpon (If you don't stand on principle, you stand for nothing at all.)
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To: exist

Exactly. So this is a suicide pact.


9 posted on 02/26/2009 8:54:29 AM PST by throwback
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
Nope. They are defined by it because it is the only tool avaible. To them control is only possible with an entrenched, all-entangling bureaucracy. They need millions of Government workers who depend on them.
10 posted on 02/26/2009 8:55:43 AM PST by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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To: Shellybenoit

where were these folks back in november 08?


11 posted on 02/26/2009 8:56:56 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: Shellybenoit

It would have been a much more intersting poll if they had played the word game and asked people to fill in the blank.

I’m from the government and I’m here to ______ you.


12 posted on 02/26/2009 8:57:20 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Shellybenoit

Middle-income voters are more likely to agree with Reagan than those who earn less than $20,000 or more than $100,000.

There it is. Reagan made the GOP the party of the Middle Class, and that is what was lost. Start talking to the Middle Class again, there values and there concerns, and the comeback will begin.


13 posted on 02/26/2009 8:57:36 AM PST by cowboyusa
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
WHAT THE HELL DID THESE IDIOTS THINK THEY WERE VOTING FOR?????

Did it matter? Did government shrink under Republican control? Didn't Romney, a Republican presidential candidate say at a presidential debate that he liked mandates, that [government] mandates work?

Ping to the Republican party to perhaps recall what a smaller government, fiscal conservative is, as the never ending chains of big government Republicans gives the electorate no choice - we're doomed no matter who wins, for the only end result will be an ever increasing government.

14 posted on 02/26/2009 8:58:41 AM PST by kingu (Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
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To: exist
That’s great. Except 60% of them love Obama. Morons

As soon as Obama becomes synonymous with government, he is toast

15 posted on 02/26/2009 8:58:44 AM PST by 11th Commandment (United States is a NOW a Terrorist Nation- we export abortion!)
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To: cowboyusa

Will there even be a Middle Class?


16 posted on 02/26/2009 9:00:20 AM PST by SolidWood (Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
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To: Shellybenoit

Every Dem Politician is repeating OVER AND OVER the idea that the guy who is paying his mortgage on time gets the advantage of having their home retain its value by not letting the other houses on his street go into foreclosure.

AND SCHUMER AND DODD KEEP SAYING THAT THIS IDEA SHOULD BE MADE MORE AND MORE!


17 posted on 02/26/2009 9:02:58 AM PST by acoulterfan
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To: Shellybenoit
After saying that, most of the crooks in congress are about to become millionaires at the tax payers expense.
18 posted on 02/26/2009 9:03:02 AM PST by ANGGAPO (Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
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To: SolidWood

You agree with my point - it’s a tool of control. Define them by the use of that tool if you must.

My point is a lot of people think “the left believes in big government”. That’s only the misinformed plebs on the ground. Primary leftoids realize it’s merely a method of control


19 posted on 02/26/2009 9:06:21 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: acoulterfan

Senator Warner is now saying the Congress needs to make sure that the law that a person can ask for his original loan documents be “looked at”. They want to make sure that the mortgage companies don’t need to do this before foreclosing.


20 posted on 02/26/2009 9:07:29 AM PST by acoulterfan
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