Public Pulse: how the American public views its government

[JoeWCMorone]

have we forgotten that we the people ... black, white, or whatever, should work together!! thats our problem. we are just to stuck up to beleive in a solutiion

[MissMaxximum]

what is this song?

[tattat44]

Most of the public thinks congress knows jack shit and that may be true, but then the public doesn't know jack shit either, and they don't have a rudimentary understanding of economics.

Cut spending to stimulate growth? That's at once moronic and oxymoronic. Real solutions don't happen in days, they happen in decades, and they certainly aren't simple, or black and white enough to put into a minute and a half video.

[ancientmathmatics]

The campaign launched against our United States President is atrocious, disrespectful, and disgusting. Those who have the power and resources to do so, deceive, brainwash and prey on the lack of legal, political, and economic knowledge of American citizens.

[ancientmathmatics]

So what's the truth about polls? Few in the public have the time or resources to do an in-depth study in an attempt to answer that question, while those who butter their bread on the back of polls have no incentive to do so.

[ancientmathmatics]

The answer probably is because we're told that polls are "scientific" since they use statistical-type analysis, and most of us tend to equate science with a search for objective truth. Despite the scientific patina of a Margin of Error, how does one incontrovertibly prove a poll to be accurate? For nearly all polls, the answer is that it can't be done.

[ancientmathmatics]

Ah, the omnipresent poll. The media punditocracy is addicted to using polls to tell us what "the American people feel" (never think) about everything from a president's so-called approval rating, to how a candidate's chances stack up against others in a race, to our "feelings" about various policy and social issues. Although the public has absolutely no way to evaluate the vast majority of polls for accuracy, most of us simply accept them as incontrovertible indicators of truth. Why?

[ancientmathmatics]

Polls often drastically misinform the public, because there ares no objective ways to verify the accuracy of most polls.

[Linguiphile]

@ELECTRICheartzz Unfortunately, it's not a matter of understanding, but one of ideology. 86% of Americans may want fiscal responsibility in government, but 100% of his fellow Marxists and Keynesians want Obama to continue spending like there's no tomorrow. It's obvious that he's basing his policies on oft-failed Socialistic theory, and that because of this, there may well be NO TOMORROW.

[alphadeathfang15]

dont cut off your nose to spite your face

[SoulFlower69]

test

[ELECTRICheartzz]

Democracy demands that majority rules! 86% of Americans say stop spending! What is so hard to UNDERSTAND!

[blumenthol]

obama - the only ones that still cling to his bag of bullshit are african americans - and even that support is starting to erode fast. I wonder if all those dumb-ass holliwood celebrities still fanatically support him - these are the asswipes that threw their names and money into getting Obama elected: Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Chevy Chase, Billy Joel, to name just a few.

[MooseOfReason]

Lmao, OJ Simpson in 1995 is more popular than Congress.

[ronpaulkid]

Ron Paul is the answer. Check him out!

[plasticdoc99]

Voting all encumbents OUT in November would be a good start,but if we don't know who to vote in,we could end up with a more severe crisis.

[plasticdoc99]

So.........whar's the answer???????We already knew the problem!!

[gregerobbins]

Yes, Jenny, that and a whole lot more. The feds have no business interfering with schools and roads. The states can do it better, especially if they privatize services.

And flowmytea, we live in a Republic, not a democracy.

[jennyblock100]

Stop spending on what?

Schools?

Roads?

What??

and then you pussys will complain that the roads are not plowed hahahahahah

[bozimmerman]

@jennyblock100 Yes. Eliminating the Dept of Education, and the Dept of Transportation are an excellent start -- let the states deal with it. However, that's a drop in the bucket. First thing is to stop all the infernal wars, and bring our troops home from the 100+ countries they occupy. Then schedule a privatization of social security, medicare, and medicaid. Eliminate the dept of energy and HUD along the way. Not enough space to include it all -- you are on the right track though!

[rubanban5]

Listen to Ron Paul

[zomgsauceplox]

Yes because majorities always know what is best.

[flowmytea]

Democracy was tried. It failed. Next we should try government by hungry grizzly bears, and other predators.

[broeman]

@flowmytea As long as they don't learn to write stimulus bills or find other means to spend other people's money, I am all in for it! I bow to my grizzly bear overlords!

[topdog53k]

I will be able to make a change one day. If i make it out of the army alive. America Help is on the way.

[BlueTeamTV]

Very nice video, it made you think hard and it made you tear up a little bit. Very well done!