Liberals aren’t liberal? |
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| By: Ari Saturday October 4, 2008 4:11 pm | |
In his first inaugural address, President Ronald Reagan delivered a line succinctly capturing the sentiment that elected him: “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
A generation later, that attitude still resonates with a solid majority of Americans. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 59% of voters agree with Reagan, and just 28% disagree.
Here is what is interesting:
Just 35% of liberals agree that government is the problem.
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Well, the CURRENT gov’t is the problem.
Suppose you hire a test driver to prove that a car is unsafe. What will he do, but drive it off the road. W. has been able to prove his premise by his own incompetence. I agree with Joy THIS government is the problem; Obama is the solution.
Exactly. The GOPers have been complaining for years that the government can’t do anything. They got elected – and have fulfilled that statement in spades. Putting incompetents in charge of everything – they have ruined every single department of the government. They have de-funded all the best programs and outsourced everything else to the private sector which, as any fool knows cannot do the job as cheaply as the government because they HAVE TO MAKE A PROFIT! And in order to make their profits even larger, these private companies cut back on goods and services and cheat. Then the Rethugs pay lip service to all manner of stuff – and then vote just the opposite.
And then when the people start screaming – it’s all Bill Clinton’s fault. Still.