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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.

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I would think economic growth would increase when individual rights are protected.

Exactly!

You can't separate economic rights from individual rights, contrary to what Supreme Court doctrine dating back to the New Deal may indicate.