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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:14 PM Apr 2013

The ultimate Irony of Poll-Driven Pandering

Conduct a poll of voters and ask them this:

"Should politicians do what they think is the right answer or should they do what public opinion polls suggest would be popular?"

The public reliably comes down heavily on the "ignore polls" side.


To paraphrase Orwell, some polling results are more equal than others.

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Here's a funny one. The public really cares about the deficit. That datum drives a lot of economy-wrecking bullshit.

The public, however, opposes every method for reducing the deficit. (Except, and this only in the last few years, raising taxes on the rich.)

This suggests that the anti-deficit polling is irrelevant because the public negates its own supposed view whenever specifics are discussed.

The public view is, "I do not like the deficit but I also do not want it solved."

How that turns into, "Let's wreck the economy because the voters will reward us for it" is somewhat mysterious.

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The ultimate Irony of Poll-Driven Pandering (Original Post) cthulu2016 Apr 2013 OP
I wonder if the public was asked if an all out effort to gain full employment by byeya Apr 2013 #1
 

byeya

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1. I wonder if the public was asked if an all out effort to gain full employment by
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:53 PM
Apr 2013

repairing and creating productive infrastructure was on the list.

The Federal Reserve has the twin obligations to foster and sustain full employment was controlling inflation. Does the Fed favor the latter at the expense of the former?

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