A New Study Shows that Americans are Idiots : Information Clearing House: ICH: "A New Study Shows that Americans are Idiots
By Jill
October 11, 2010 'Brilliant at Breakfast' - - Remember how Democrats always refuse to fight back against smears because 'The American people are too smart to fall for that'?
No, they aren't. In fact, Americans are no longer capable of arriving at opinions through actual thought:
Americans have a more negative view of government today than they did a decade ago, or even a few years ago. Most say it focuses on the wrong things and lack confidence that it can solve big domestic problems; this general anti-Washington sentiment is helping to fuel a potential Republican takeover of Congress next month.
But ask people what they expect the government to do for themselves and their families, and a more complicated picture emerges.
A new study by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University shows that most Americans who say they want more limited government also call Social Security and Medicare 'very important.' They want Washington to be involved in schools and to help reduce poverty. Nearly half want the government to maintain a role in regulating health care.
So let's see...they like Social Security and Medicare, but they want spending cut to the bone. They want Washington to be involved in schools, but they want Washington out of their schools. They want Washington to help reduce poverty, but they don't want social programs for 'Those People.'
Take this woman, for example:
'I think the less the government governs us, the better we do,' Norma Osuna, 48, said in a follow-up interview to the survey. A stay-at-home mother, she sees the country as going in a 'socialistic' direction.
Did anyone think to ask her what her evidence was for her view that the country is going in a 'socialistic' direction? Has she thought about it, or is she just parroting Glenn Beck? Do any of the journalists who talk to these people actually ask them to explain their views or how they got there?
Or how about this nitwit:
For Scottie Church, 39, of Winder, Ga., the answer is simple: 'It's time to get back to basics. It's time for [the federal government] to get out of the way and let the private sector do its job.'
And what, pray tell, is the private sector's job? Does Scottie Church even know? Has anyone thought to ask? If Scottie Church is talking about 'capitalism', well, capitalism's job is to maximize profit. Not create jobs, maximize profit. And if maximizing profit means poisoning an entire community with toxic sludge or crude oil or benzene; if it means sending all the jobs to Asia in a never-ending chase for the most exploitable workers; if it means screwing over every man, woman and child in America, well, that's immaterial to the goals of capitalism. Capitalism is about profit, and ONLY profit. So I'd like someone to ask Scottie Church if that's what he/she means.
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By Jill
October 11, 2010 'Brilliant at Breakfast' - - Remember how Democrats always refuse to fight back against smears because 'The American people are too smart to fall for that'?
No, they aren't. In fact, Americans are no longer capable of arriving at opinions through actual thought:
Americans have a more negative view of government today than they did a decade ago, or even a few years ago. Most say it focuses on the wrong things and lack confidence that it can solve big domestic problems; this general anti-Washington sentiment is helping to fuel a potential Republican takeover of Congress next month.
But ask people what they expect the government to do for themselves and their families, and a more complicated picture emerges.
A new study by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University shows that most Americans who say they want more limited government also call Social Security and Medicare 'very important.' They want Washington to be involved in schools and to help reduce poverty. Nearly half want the government to maintain a role in regulating health care.
So let's see...they like Social Security and Medicare, but they want spending cut to the bone. They want Washington to be involved in schools, but they want Washington out of their schools. They want Washington to help reduce poverty, but they don't want social programs for 'Those People.'
Take this woman, for example:
'I think the less the government governs us, the better we do,' Norma Osuna, 48, said in a follow-up interview to the survey. A stay-at-home mother, she sees the country as going in a 'socialistic' direction.
Did anyone think to ask her what her evidence was for her view that the country is going in a 'socialistic' direction? Has she thought about it, or is she just parroting Glenn Beck? Do any of the journalists who talk to these people actually ask them to explain their views or how they got there?
Or how about this nitwit:
For Scottie Church, 39, of Winder, Ga., the answer is simple: 'It's time to get back to basics. It's time for [the federal government] to get out of the way and let the private sector do its job.'
And what, pray tell, is the private sector's job? Does Scottie Church even know? Has anyone thought to ask? If Scottie Church is talking about 'capitalism', well, capitalism's job is to maximize profit. Not create jobs, maximize profit. And if maximizing profit means poisoning an entire community with toxic sludge or crude oil or benzene; if it means sending all the jobs to Asia in a never-ending chase for the most exploitable workers; if it means screwing over every man, woman and child in America, well, that's immaterial to the goals of capitalism. Capitalism is about profit, and ONLY profit. So I'd like someone to ask Scottie Church if that's what he/she means.
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