POLL: Government trying to do way too much!

[RMNIXON]

Poll: Majority believes government doing too much

POSTED: 3:17 p.m. EDT, October 27, 2006



WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A quarter century after the Reagan revolution and a dozen years after Republicans vaulted into control of Congress, a new CNN poll finds most Americans still agree with the bedrock conservative premise that, as the Gipper put it, "government is not the answer to our problems -- government is the problem."
The poll released Friday also showed that an overwhelming majority of Americans perceive, correctly, that the size and cost of government have gone up in the past four years, when Republicans have had a grip on the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House.
Discretionary spending grew from $649 billion in fiscal year 2001 to $968 billion in fiscal year 2005, an increase of $319 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Queried about their views on the role of government, 54 percent of the 1,013 adults polled said they thought it was trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses. Only 37 percent said they thought the government should do more to solve the country's problems.
Americans had a slightly different perspective when it came to the specific issue of promoting traditional values. A slight majority -- 51 percent -- said they thought that was an appropriate activity for government, while 43 percent said it should not favor any particular set of values.
The sampling error for the questions in the poll, conducted for CNN by Opinion Research Corporation, was plus or minus 3 percentage points.
When asked if the size of the federal government has increased in the past four years, 72 percent said it had, and 86 percent said they thought federal spending had gone up during the same period. Those questions have a sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percent.
In recent months, a growing number of conservatives have been complaining out loud about increases in the scope and cost of government, despite the GOP's grip on all the levers of power. (Read Jeff Greenfield's analysis of where the right went wrong)
"I believe that as a movement, we have veered off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government Republicanism," said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, a 110-member caucus that supports limited government and lower taxes.
"Conservatives came to office to reduce the size of government and enlarge the sphere of free and private initiative," said Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona. "But lately, we have increased government in order to stay in office."
CNN's Jeff Greenfield contributed to this report.

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Regardless of whether Republicans keep the House, Senate, or both this is a major wake-up call! Stop trying to make endless points with more Federal Spending and Bureaucracy! Stop playing Democrat lite in your districts. Be willing to say the government is not the answer to all our problems and can do considerable social and economic damage when it tries!

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by RMNIXON

Poll: Majority believes government doing too much
Regardless of whether Republicans keep the House, Senate, or both this is a major wake-up call! Stop trying to make endless points with more Federal Spending and Bureaucracy! Stop playing Democrat lite in your districts. Be willing to say the government is not the answer to all our problems and can do considerable social and economic damage when it tries!

What do you mean??

[6SpeedTA95]

Originally Posted by KatKanPlay

What do you mean??

What do you mean??? That section you quoted seemed self explantory to me what are you fuzzy on?

[kinggovernor]

Americans say one thing but truly believe another, they want more government "help" and as long as it is "helping" them

[KatKanPlay]

Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95

What do you mean??? That section you quoted seemed self explantory to me what are you fuzzy on?

I was asking what you meant "Stop playing Democrat lite in your districts".

Let me put it another way, what is playing Democrat lite?

Americans had a slightly different perspective when it came to the specific issue of promoting traditional values. A slight majority -- 51 percent -- said they thought that was an appropriate activity for government, while 43 percent said it should not favor any particular set of values.
The sampling error for the questions in the poll, conducted for CNN by Opinion Research Corporation, was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

I believe that as a movement, we have veered off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government Republicanism," said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, a 110-member caucus that supports limited government and lower taxes.
"Conservatives came to office to reduce the size of government and enlarge the sphere of free and private initiative," said Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona. "But lately, we have increased government in order to stay in office."

I guess my question.....

And this is alright with you?

[RMNIXON]

Originally Posted by KatKanPlay

What do you mean??

Members of the House from both parties like to go back and brag to voters how much money and pork they got for their districts. Hell, Robert Bird brags that he brings alot more money into West Virginia than they pay in taxes! Look at all that Homeland Security money that went to places that didn't need it because it had to be divided "fairly" by State and Region. California is a Blue State that pays more in taxes than it gets, yet we send many tax and spend liberals to Washington. Republicans need to kick this money habit and get back to responcible spending in government.

[RMNIXON]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

Americans say one thing but truly believe another, they want more government "help" and as long as it is "helping" them

That is also the big Tax simplification problem. Get rid of everbody elses deductions, just leave mine!