23% Say U.S. Government Has the Consent of the Governed, page 1
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Topic started on 21-7-2010 @ 06:33 PM by Keyhole
Now, i knew that A LOT of people have not been happy with our government the for the last ten years or so, but I hardly expected this, ...

23% Say U.S. Government Has the Consent of the Governed
The notion that governments derive their only just authority from the consent of the governed is a foundational principle of the American experiment.

However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 23% of voters nationwide believe the federal government today has the consent of the governed. Sixty-two percent (62%) say it does not, and 15% are not sure.

So, it seems only 23% of the US population condone the policies our government is shoving down our throats without a thought or care about what the people, the "governed", think or want!

Over the past couple of years, most Americans have opposed many initiatives of the Political Class including the bailouts of the financial and auto industries. Additionally, most voters still favor repeal of the national health care plan and overwhelmingly disagree with the Justice Department's decision to challenge Arizona's new immigration law in court.

Fifty-five percent (55%) don’t even think most members of Congress pay all the taxes they owe.

Voters are evenly divided over the notion that a group of people randomly selected from the phone book could do a better job than the current Congress.

One reason for skepticism about the Political Class is that 70% believe Big Government and Big Business are on the same team working together against the rest of us.

I don't have a simple answer on how to fix this train wreck of our government system that we have, that pays no attention to what "the people" or "the governed" want or care about unless it is election year, then have no intention of carrying those election promises out once they meey the "big business lobbyists" in DC.

I say it's time to have a probation period for our politicians!

Let's say after a year or two, we have a poll to see if the people they are representing are happy with what they are doing once they're elected! And if the poll turns out that the politician isn't voting the way his constituents would like, he's out and it's time for another election!

That would be one way to keep them in line!


reply posted on 21-7-2010 @ 07:14 PM by Oaktree
reply to post by kozmo



Yeah, that is the rest of the text of the Declaration of Independance.

The part that comes right after the parts we were made to memorize.



reply posted on 5-9-2010 @ 12:45 PM by pacific_waters
reply to post by Keyhole


Government at all levels has discovered they really don't need the consent of the governed. They have the guns.
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