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Poll: 70 percent have no confidence in government
ap ^ | January 2, 2014 | Dennis Junius

Posted on 01/02/2014 6:16:40 PM PST by george76

1 in 20 says it works well and needs no changes.

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70 percent lack confidence in the government’s ability “to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.

(Excerpt) Read more at rare.us ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; fedgovernment; government; noconfidence
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1 posted on 01/02/2014 6:16:40 PM PST by george76
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70 percent lack confidence in the government’s ability “to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.

I'm a little uncomfortable with that wording. It could be interpreted to mean that they think the feral goobermint isn't aggressive ENOUGH in meddling in the affairs of those of us who have jobs and create wealth.

2 posted on 01/02/2014 6:18:47 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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Many poll results seem structured so that they can be twisted to mean the opposite of what they mean.


3 posted on 01/02/2014 6:20:14 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
-- George Washington
4 posted on 01/02/2014 6:21:27 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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“70 percent lack confidence in the government’s ability “to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.”

What is wrong with the other 30%? Are they stupid or what?


5 posted on 01/02/2014 6:25:16 PM PST by detective
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Hmmmm. I wonder if this will affect the 2014 elections/s


6 posted on 01/02/2014 6:25:57 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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And that 70% can do nothing worthwhile to prevent America’s failure. America will never recover. The communists have changed so much it can never be reversed without riots and widespread destruction. Look at Europe and then look inward.


7 posted on 01/02/2014 6:27:22 PM PST by Logical me
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And the other 30% are employed by government?


8 posted on 01/02/2014 6:27:43 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Logical me

bump


9 posted on 01/02/2014 6:31:02 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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“What is wrong with the other 30%? Are they stupid or what?”
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Whatever...They obviously like having a Marxist illegal alien from Kenya as the POTUS.


10 posted on 01/02/2014 6:32:25 PM PST by AlexW
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I want government that gets out of the way and allows free people in a free market and free society to overcome problems.


11 posted on 01/02/2014 6:34:35 PM PST by pallis
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Woohoo, I’ve finally made it into the in crowd.


12 posted on 01/02/2014 6:35:34 PM PST by bgill
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To: Logical me

sigh


13 posted on 01/02/2014 6:36:01 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: Still Thinking
It could be interpreted to mean that they think the feral goobermint isn't aggressive ENOUGH in meddling in the affairs of those of us who have jobs and create wealth.

You're correct.

Unfortunately (as was shown in the 2012 POTUS election).

14 posted on 01/02/2014 6:37:50 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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I had a nice vent with my mom - you know, where you both feel better afterwards, even though the country is in shambles.

Here’s the truth: media is complicit and if they talk against the dictat0r, they are ruined. Same for congressmen, same for anyone else, even those receiving purple hearts, and, even I believe, secret s3rvicemen and military leaders. Yep, that I believe to be true.

So, does 70% disapproval matter? Only when something can be done about it.


15 posted on 01/02/2014 6:39:12 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Pajama-boy-in-chief's beatings continue until morale improves.)
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“to make progress”

Maybe people are beginning to wonder what they mean by “progress”? If there is a goal, a target, we are supposed to be making “progress” toward, what is it and where is that written down?


16 posted on 01/02/2014 6:39:22 PM PST by DBrow
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I have no confidence in the voters.


17 posted on 01/02/2014 6:40:26 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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Forgot to say, and, so many in this country have been mis-educated they don’t even know who to blame in that 70%. We are being run by the Washington Mafia.


18 posted on 01/02/2014 6:42:59 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Pajama-boy-in-chief's beatings continue until morale improves.)
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To: Still Thinking

Exactly, this poll is difficult to figure the meaning. I have no doubt that some people are moving from a belief that government is increasingly less effective, but my own sense is that that movement is still small.


19 posted on 01/02/2014 6:43:12 PM PST by Richard Bowers
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Bingo.


20 posted on 01/02/2014 6:49:31 PM PST by Fungi
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