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Copper Catcher
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USA
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 Posted - 12/08/2009 : 18:28:18
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71% Angry at Federal Government, Up Five Points Since September
Monday, November 30, 2009
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry.
Men are angrier than women, and voters over 40 are more angry than those who are younger. A majority of those over 40 are Very Angry. Only 25% of under-30 voters share that view.
The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September.
Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September.
Among the nation’s Political Class, just six percent (6%) are angry. However, among those with more Mainstream, or populist, views, 85% are angry. A majority of Americans today hold views that can be described as Mainstream or populist. Very few align with the Political Class (see more information on this divide).
Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters nationwide believe neither Republican nor Democratic political leaders have an understanding of what is needed today. That frustration is down eight points from 60% in September.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Republicans and 59% of unaffiliated voters say that neither party has the answers. Those percentages are down significantly since September. Democrats remain fairly evenly divided as they were in September.
This unhappiness with government policies and leaders is reflected in numerous other Rasmussen Reports surveys. Americans, for example, now view being a member of Congress as the least respected job one can hold. President Obama's job approval ratings also have suffered in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
The latest numbers show that only nine percent (9%) of voters trust the judgment of America’s political leaders more than the judgment of the American people. Seventy-four percent (74%) place more trust in the wisdom of the crowd.
Seventy-one percent (71%) believe the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. Sixty-eight percent (68%) believe that government and big business work together in ways that hurt consumers and investors.
Opposition to the health care plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats remains high. Voters continue to oppose the government bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler, and a growing number now believe their taxes will go up during the Obama years.
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 18:49:47
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| Taxes have to go up to pay for everything that Obama what to give us. |
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2009 : 18:59:24
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This is the problem: Nearly One Third of All Tax Filers Paid No Federal Income Taxes in 2007
The Tax Foundation has released a new Fiscal Fact on "nonpayers," those whose exemptions, deductions and credits wipe out any federal income tax due. In 2007, nearly one-third of the 143 million federal income tax returns filed had zero or negative tax liability, meaning that those filers got back every dollar that had been withheld from their paychecks—and often more. That's roughly 46.6 million tax returns, or 32.6 percent—the second-highest number ever.
For more, see the number of federal income tax returns filed with zero or negative income tax liability each year from 1950-2007.
Tax Foundation President Scott Hodge, who wrote Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 202, "Surge of 'Nonpayers' Will Be Part of Bush Tax Legacy," discussed "nonpayers" on Fox News Channel's "Special Report with Bret Baier"
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 19:15:59
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| a better poll would be what percentage of voters are angry enough to start/join the revolution... |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 19:18:07
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| I am sure the Homeland Security has run that number! Also, I am sure they are aware: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." John F. Kennedy |
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kieblera5
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 19:26:45
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| Maybe they aren't getting enough change? I know I didn't get any yet... |
Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you mercilessly with experience.
Caller number seven gets the Peace Prize!
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Nickelless
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fb101
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 19:49:36
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| The change is the number of people who are learning to see through the BS. |
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Mike
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 12/08/2009 : 20:00:51
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I really wish I could think there are still enough people left in the United States who would want to set things straight. As Copper Catcher has pointed out, nearly 1/3 of filers pay no tax. When you add in the adults who are on the dole and don't even have to file, you are probably around half the adults in the country who contribute nothing to our society, and are only concerned with who will promise them the most loot.
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