Posted on 12/18/2013 1:06:08 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
A record number of Americans think that “big government” is the biggest threat to the country, according to a new poll.
The Gallup survey released on Wednesday showed that 72 percent of people say that “big government” is a bigger threat to the country than “big labor” or “big business.”
That’s the highest percentage of Americans who have expressed the preference since the pollster began asking the question in 1965.
According to the poll, just 21 percent of Americans cite “big business” as the greatest threat to the country, and only 5 percent have concerns about “big labor.”
The recent wariness about the government could be partly due to troubles with the recent rollout of ObamaCare, as well as revelations about surveillance from the National Security Agency (NSA), Gallup noted.
Though Republicans have driven the recent trend and are more concerned about government overreach, they are not alone. The survey found that 56 percent of Democrats and 71 percent of independents also fear “big government.”
The new findings chart a steady increase in concern about the government over recent years, since a low point in 2001 that could be partly attributable to sentiments following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The size of the federal government has certainly grown in recent years.
Though there are only imperfect metrics of measuring the pace of regulatory activity at the federal government, most accounts show that federal power is increasing every year.
Fears about "big government" have always topped the poll since Gallup began asking the question nearly 50 years ago.
The previous high mark for Americans’ concerns about the federal government was in 1999 and 2000, when 65 percent of the public said they feared it more than labor or business.
The Gallup poll was conducted from Dec. 5 to 8 and was based on interviews with more than 1,000 people across the country.
And Boehner and McConnell believed shutting down the government was bad.
Ted Cruz rocks!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/151490/fear-big-government-near-record-level.aspx
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ concerns about the threat of big government continue to dwarf those about big business and big labor, and by an even larger margin now than in March 2009. The 64% of Americans who say big government will be the biggest threat to the country is just one percentage point shy of the record high, while the 26% who say big business is down from the 32% recorded during the recession. Relatively few name big labor as the greatest threat.................”
Good Lord! I hope the lot of them get swept out of office so we can change the leadership to change what’s going on!
The establishment refuses to align itself with the growing groundswell.
First of many ads. There must be an ad for each liar that voted for DeathCare. Share with others. Exposure and truth must prevail.
http://www.nationalreview.com/node/366617/print
This is my latest argument with libtards...
I get them to agree that government sux
And all politicians suck.., Republicans AND democrats...
They are ALL lying scum (this part is pretty easy)
Then I say “so why do you vote for the party that wants more of them?”
Not good for Democrats and RINOs for 2014.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Not good for the Republicrats either. You know the ones who just voted to raise taxes, spending and fund ObamaCare for 2 more years
Too bad we don’t have a political party that espouses what we believe.
When the sheeple realize that “big government” and “big business” are joined at the hip, the intensity level of that 72% will boil over.
We will have after we clean up the feces.
Just my take, but I think the combo of the NSA spying and the Obamacare disaster has created DEEP suspicions among the sheeple, especially da “yuts.” Good to see.
$17T in debt will get your mind right.
Yet 50% of people keep voting for it. Beware morons punching ballots.
But the sad part, the voters keep electing and re-electing the same greedy and incompetent politicians who got the nation in this mess. Makes no sense.
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