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48% See Government Today As A Threat to Individual Rights
Rasmussen Reports ^ | June 24, 2010

Posted on 06/24/2010 6:26:59 AM PDT by bamahead

Nearly half of American Adults see the government today as a threat to individual rights rather than a protector of those rights.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Adults see the government today as a threat to rights. Thirty-seven percent (37%) hold the opposite view. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.

Most Republicans (74%) and unaffiliateds (51%) consider the government to be a threat to individual rights. Most Democrats (64%) regard the government as a protector of rights.

Additionally, most Americans (52%) say it is more important for the government to protect individual rights than to promote economic growth. Just 31% say promoting economic growth is more important. But again a sizable number (17%) of Adults aren't sure which is more important.

This nationwide survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on June 18-19, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2010polls; donttreadonme; government; liberty; lping; rapeofliberty; teaparty
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1 posted on 06/24/2010 6:27:04 AM PDT by bamahead
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To: bamahead

Clearly 52% of people are idiots.


2 posted on 06/24/2010 6:27:58 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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Amazing and discouraging that it's not higher...



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3 posted on 06/24/2010 6:28:15 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: bamahead

“48% See Government Today As A Threat to Individual Rights”

That low? We still have work to do.


4 posted on 06/24/2010 6:28:30 AM PDT by Grunthor (Getting married, T minus 3 days.)
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To: bamahead

Just 48% see government as a threat to individual rights???

100% of our founding fathers saw the same threat.

That’s why they drafted the US Constitution.


5 posted on 06/24/2010 6:30:37 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: bamahead

In other news 52% of Americans prove themselves to be idiots.


6 posted on 06/24/2010 6:31:51 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: MNJohnnie

Well, they say half the people are below average.


7 posted on 06/24/2010 6:33:52 AM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: bamahead
Most Democrats (64%) regard the government as a protector of rights.

That's why I call them dem-wits.

8 posted on 06/24/2010 6:36:07 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Celebrities first seek fame...then they seek relevance, only to fail miserably at the latter.)
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Additionally, most Americans (52%) say it is more important for the government to protect individual rights than to promote economic growth.

Since when are these choices mutually exclusive? I would think economic growth would increase when individual rights are protected.

9 posted on 06/24/2010 6:37:39 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: bamahead

and the other 52% are excited about our government’s plans to insert a mind controlling chip in their brains


10 posted on 06/24/2010 6:37:44 AM PDT by MNDude
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“He has erected an multitude of New Offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.”
Where do you think the Declaration of Independence stands on Czars?


11 posted on 06/24/2010 6:41:32 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: bamahead

I predict it will be much higher before obama is through


12 posted on 06/24/2010 6:42:38 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: bamahead

48%.....THE MSM HAS DONE A GOOD JOB COVERING UP THE TRUTH.


13 posted on 06/24/2010 6:43:04 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our Troops, and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: MNJohnnie
“In other news 52% of Americans prove themselves to be idiots.”

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And/or fully on board with receiving their full livelihood from the government.

14 posted on 06/24/2010 6:43:55 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: MNJohnnie
“In other news 52% of Americans prove themselves to be idiots.”

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And/or fully on board with receiving their full livelihood from the government.

15 posted on 06/24/2010 6:44:02 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Come November, we start after the MSM with the Tea Parties, just like Breitbart suggested.


16 posted on 06/24/2010 6:44:10 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our Troops, and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: bamahead
What it will eventually finally come down to - again.

Men of the Valley

17 posted on 06/24/2010 6:45:59 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: bamahead

This current government, the tyrannical executive branch and their willing enablers in Congress, need to be replaced. All of them. Ballot box. C’mon November.


18 posted on 06/24/2010 6:49:39 AM PDT by PGalt
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Come November, we start after the MSM with the Tea Parties, just like Breitbart suggested.

Great idea. (I hadn't seen nor heard that) HOORAY Andrew Breitbart!

19 posted on 06/24/2010 6:51:16 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: MNJohnnie

Government, inherently, and almost by definition, is a threat to individual rights.

The only government ever conceived in liberty was ours, with our Constitution, and our Declaration stating that rights are inherent and granted by our Creator and are irrevocable.

Government’s only “legitimate” function is to protect those rights. Anything outside of that mandate is exceeding the bounds of its function.


20 posted on 06/24/2010 6:52:21 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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