Anger at government highest in 19 years: poll

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman

Dissatisfaction and anger with the federal government are at a nearly 20-year high, according to the results of a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday.

When asked how they felt about the federal government, 80 percent of poll respondents said that they felt dissatisfied or even angry about the work the government is doing. The last time such a peak of ill will was felt was during 1992's economic slump, under President George Bush's leadership.

The public's slumping opinion of the country's political class can be actively attributed to the negotiations surrounding the debt ceiling: The dissatisfaction numbers rocketed up 11 points between this month and last.

Indeed, congressional Republicans are facing the fire of poor public opinion. The ABC News/Washington Post poll shows a 28 percent approval rating for them, with 77 percent of participants saying the Republican leadership is unwilling to negotiate, further slowing debt talks.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/20/anger-at-government-highest-in-19-years-poll/

[Bragi]

1. Maybe anger about everything is at unprecedented levels

I think there's a lot of people angry over just about everything these days.

I guess people get that way once they've had their jobs shipped overseas, their pensions looted, their savings stolen, and their houses foreclosed and their governments bankrupted to pay off crooked investors and bankers and to debt-finance two pointless wars.

Add to this a popular culture that ignores what's actually happening, praises greed and wallows in stupidity, and it isn't surprising that people are more angry than ever.

[bemildred]

2. Starting to smell like the '60s again. nt

[florida08]

3. ditto what Bragi said