Gallup: 60% Americans believe government is too powerful; hits record high

[davidn3600]

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/164591/americans-belief-gov-powerful-record-level.aspx

[onehandle]

1. Yeah. President Cheney treaded lightly. nt

[frazzled]

2. Oh great, extreme Republican ideas prevail

Even though they grab more power than anyone, their line is that government is too powerful and we have to strangle it in the bathtub.

[Live and Learn]

3. Where are the graphs on corporations having too much power? nt

[The Magistrate]

4. Answers To This Question, Sir, Reflect Approval Or Otherwise Of Government's Functioning

Not actual assessment of how much power it has, and of how much it should have.

[bhikkhu]

5. I wonder if they poll about whether corporations have too much power

...as the balance between corporate power (concentrated private money) and government is one of the most important ones, as far as the kind of society we live in.

I think if a person were educated on the issue, they would say that government is not powerful enough, over the last couple of decades, to balance against corporate power, to work effectively in the best interests of people as a whole.

[adirondacker]

6. Interesting poll. I wonder if they seperated out NSA and the military vs social programs and

environmental regulation what the results would be. I think they would be significantly different.

[RC]

7. That ain't never gonna happen.

That would cause too many eyes to open.