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Other => Politics & Society => Topic started by: Wilikon on September 22, 2015, 09:43:19 PM



Title: Gallup: Half of Americans see government as a threat
Post by: Wilikon on September 22, 2015, 09:43:19 PM



One of Mr. Obama’s stated campaign goals was to make big government “cool” again.  If the latest Gallup poll is to be believed, he and his administration have done precisely the opposite.

Almost half of Americans, 49%, say the federal government poses “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” similar to what was found in previous surveys conducted over the last five years. When this question was first asked in 2003, less than a third of Americans held this attitude.

The reasons vary but the top four are telling:






http://hotair.com/the-end-of-the-era-of-big-government/2015/09/22/half-of-americans-see-government-as-a-threat/