{"id":22597,"date":"2011-03-15T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22597"},"modified":"2011-03-15T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:09:15","slug":"imagine-that-americans-think-their-government-doesnt-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22597","title":{"rendered":"Imagine that. Americans think their government doesn’t work."},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that recent polling has determined that Americans are disappointed that government can’t do the myriad things that they promised they could do, but had no intention of ever accomplishing. From ABC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Only 26 percent of Americans in a new ABC News\/Washington Post poll say they’re optimistic about “our system of government and how well it works,” down 7 points since October to the fewest in surveys dating to 1974. Almost as many, 23 percent, are pessimistic, the closest these measures ever have come. The rest, a record high, are “uncertain” about the system.<\/p>\n

The causes are many. Despite a significant advance, more than half still say the economy has not yet begun to recover. And there’s trouble at the pump: Seventy-one percent in this poll, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, report financial hardship as a result of rising gas prices. Forty-four percent call it a “serious” hardship. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, it’s not because the system of our government doesn’t work…the things that we’ve come to expect from government are unreasonable. Instead of being the body that protects us from outsiders, manages trade between the States and insures that we’re treated with a measure of justice, it has become the pompous and arrogant body that manages our entire lives right down to the dimensions of our theater seats. Poorly.<\/p>\n

Why do people laugh when someone describes their half-ass craftsmanship “Good enough for government work” and then expect their mail on time? <\/p>\n

And of course, you know what the left is saying about this pol<\/a>l.<\/p>\n

It would seem that now would be a good time for the progressive community to start thinking about previously seemingly impossible big structural changes they want.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, we need “big structural changes” meaning more government, higher expectations from government and more bumbling bureaucrats. The answer couldn’t be lowering expectations and tailoring the government to those expectations could it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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