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We Do Not Need A Poll To Know We Are Mad

September 6, 2006 ⋅  E-Mail Article ⋅  Print Article ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t think we need a poll to display to us how upset Americans are with the job of the Congress, or the Senate, over the past political term. A recent political poll performed for CNN showed that most Americans are angry about “something” when it comes to how the country is run, and they are more likely than in previous years to vote for a challenger this November. However, its not the political party Americans are nessecarily mad at it’s the state of our country they are upset with. When things go bad we look to the leadership and this is why most Republican incumbents are in deep trouble this election.

The last election was won primarily on the threat of terrorism and the war in Iraq. However, most polls now show that the state of the economy, as well as job creation in domestic America, are the number one and two concerns for the majority of Americans. It does not matter if you’re Republican or Democratic; if you don’t address these two key issues immediately you, and your party, will be signaled out to be replaced. How much longer did Congress think we would let job outsourcing go on before we focused our gaze on the root source?

Regardless of who controls the Congress, or the Senate, after these elections, it is important they get the message and set up new policies so that America is more competitive in the new world economy and that we have safeguards which help keep domestic goods and services jobs here in America rather than outsourced. We need new tax laws which make it more economically reasonable for American, as well as foreign, companies who sell goods in America to have them produced in America. Outsourcing has destroyed the stability of the world market and its time our political leaders got a grip on reality and quit letting big business set policy in Washington.

According to the recent CNN poll a majority of Americans surveyed — and a higher percentage than recorded during the same time last year — said things in the United States are going “badly.” Among this year’s respondents, 29 percent said “pretty badly” and 25 percent — up from 15 percent a month ago — answered “very badly.” By comparison, 37 percent described the way things are going as “fairly well,” and 9 percent answered “very well.” Of these people, 76 percent said there was “something” to be angry about in the country today. By comparison, 59 percent felt that way when polled in February. (Watch Bill Schneider’s take on angry voters…The number of respondents who consider the economy “somewhat poor” rose from 31 percent to 34 percent, and the number who called the economy “very poor” jumped from 16 percent to 22 percent.

We Do Not Need A Poll To Know We Are Mad

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