NIT – Forced purchase of health insurance. Drones. IRS prosecutions. Washington gridlock with sold-out politicians. Big government is here and doesn’t seem to be going away soon.
Americans recognize big government as the most serious threat to the country, a new poll shows.
Answering a question that has been posed for 50 years, Gallup said that seventy-two percent of Americans believe that big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor. The prior high for big government was 65% in 1999 and 2000. Big government has always topped big business and big labor, including in the initial asking in 1965, but just 35% named it at that time.
According to Gallup poll of a random sample of 1,031 adults from all 50 states that was released this month, a record low of 5% say that big labor is the most serious threat, while 21% named big business. No more than 11% of Americans have chosen big labor since 1995, clearly reflecting the decline of the labor movement in the United States in recent decades.
Democrats are more likely to be concerned about big government when a Republican is president, just as the same is true for Republicans if a Democrat is president. Republicans are more likely to view big government as a threat due to their reluctance to rely on government to solve problems.
12 thoughts on “Americans think big government is biggest threat to country”
They should have explained this includes city/county/state governments also – once the majority of these people gain a public servant position they are easily bribed – did I say crooked – oh hell no! – I meant cash recievers for fasvors done. Sheeze please don’t drone me.
I hear that.
This is what happens when people elected an idiot for President.
Amen!!!!!
Double amen!
I will second that.
How do we arrest big government, and have them charged with domestic terrorism. Gitmo would be a good place to house them.
You’re just as bad. You helped make the government this big.
And YOU, didn’t.
sucks is nothing but a cheech and chong wannabe, he hasn’t seen brain matter since the 70’s.
Not understanding how an American citizen can be compelled to buy insurance. A sign of a government that has grown too big. What’s next?
How about seizing the homes for forfeiture of anyone who grows a cannabis plant?
The government has forced us to do things for decades now. We gave up our rights with the war on some drugs. You wanted it this way, now live with it.