My names Nick im a student at College of the Canyons, but its pretty much 13th grade. I like to debate about issues and piss people off.
February 21, 2010
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2010CNN Poll: Majority think government is broken
February 21, 2010CNN Poll: Majority think government is brokenPosted: February 21st, 2010 08:45 AM ET
Eighty-six percent of people questioned in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll say that our system of government is broken. (Photo Credit: Getty Images/File)
Washington (CNN) - Americans overwhelmingly think that the government in this country is broken, according to a new national poll. But the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Sunday morning, also indicates that the public overwhelmingly holds out hope that what’s broken can be fixed.
Eighty-six percent of people questioned in the poll say that our system of government is broken, with 14 percent saying no. Of that 86 percent, 81 percent say that the government can be fixed, with 5 percent saying it’s beyond repair.
The number of Americans who think the government is broken has grown eight points since 2006. “That increase is highest among higher-income Americans and people who live in rural areas,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but those are the groups that make up the bulk of the Tea Party activists today.”
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted February 12-15, with 1,023 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall survey.
–CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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The problem with this is the masses do what they do best - bitch and moan while doing absolutely nothing. Its a little hard to have any sort of change when you never take the incumbents out of office. What makes people think that a corrupt and old politician that has held a position for over 25 YEARS is going to all the sudden have this drive to change outdated policies and improve the government? The truth is he is not going to do shit, all he is going to do is collect his paycheck that is funded by our tax money and bang his secretary. Most Senators that are in office today are well into their late sixties and up, all i can say to them is old men this is a new world. Your ideas and beliefs are dated and holding the future back, their fear of change is only due to their realization that their era is dying.
