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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (35118)10/15/2010 4:27:05 AM
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Gallup: ‘Record’ percentages of Americans think government is too big and intrusive

By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
10/13/10 2:25 PM EDT

How is the Tea Party shaping political debate? Gallup reports opposition to big government has grown significantly in the last year:

<<< Record- or near-record-high percentages of Americans are critical of the size and scope of government, as measured by four Gallup trend questions updated in September. This sentiment stretches to 59% of Americans now believing the federal government has too much power, up eight percentage points from a year ago.

Nearly as many Americans also give the antigovernment response to a question asking whether government should do more to solve the country’s problems or whether it is doing too many things that should be left to businesses and individuals. Today’s 58% saying it is doing too much is just slightly below the 59% to 60% levels recorded in the mid- to late ’90s. >>>

Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com
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