Poll: Americans Progressive On Key Issues
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Cenk’s blog on this topic: www.huffingtonpost.com A new poll out indicates that the country is clearly, massively, overwhelmingly progressive. While they talk about cutting so-called entitlement programs in Washington, the American people have completely different priorities. When asked what’s the first thing they would do to balance the budget, Americans had an unmistakably clear answer — raise taxes on the rich. It came in number one by a mile, with a whopping 61 percent. If that wasn’t progressive enough, cutting defense spending came in number two, with 20 percent. And if all of that wasn’t clear enough, when asked about cutting Medicare, only 4 percent were in favor of it. Only 3 percent wanted to cut Social Security as a way to balance the budget. I thought the country was center-right? That’s what all of the pundits tell us 24/7 on television. What happened now? Do those answers look center-right to you? They look decidedly center-left to anyone with a pulse. Washington is going to hate this news because they were just getting ready to cut people’s Social Security. That’s what the president’s Deficit Commission suggested. That’s what all of the Republicans are massively in favor of. That’s what a lot of the Democrats are already saying is “necessary.” All the meanwhile, they just gave a $407 billion tax cut to the richest people in the country. Well, apparently the American people disagree with Washington’s priorities. If the Democrats, Republicans and the …
January 31st, 2013 at 2:42 am
60 minutes and vanity fair is where you get your info? Are you kidding me. Wonder why this poll came out the way it did. Just can’t figure that. Wake up people. We do not live in a democracy. Read the constitution. This is a Constitutional Republic. If you want a democracy go to Greece. Good luck.
January 31st, 2013 at 3:30 am
Liberal, progressive, socialist. 6 of 1, 1/2 a dozen of another.
January 31st, 2013 at 3:46 am
“THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOWINGLY ADOPT SOCIALISM,BUT UNDER THE NAME OF LIBERALISM OR PROGRESSIVISM,THEY WILL ADOPT EVERY FRAGMENT OF THE SOCIALIST AGENDA UNTIL ONE DAY AMERICA WILL BE A SOCIALIST NATION WITHOUT EVER KNOWING IT” ~ norman thomas. . founder of the ACLU and 6 presidential canidate of the communist party USA
January 31st, 2013 at 4:41 am
Why didn’t the poll include “Simplify the tax code” or “small cuts across the board”?
January 31st, 2013 at 5:38 am
hahaha, He said he’s ignoring you and then you responded anyway. Owned!!
January 31st, 2013 at 6:08 am
No. That’s how arguments are made. Anything else is pointless and ignorant.
January 31st, 2013 at 6:47 am
No, that’s how “you” make an argument, and nobody owes it to “you” to argue on “your” terms. All I made was a statement, against which YOU argued without providing any examples, quotes, or references. hypocrite much, jackass? haha, lol. . . get the fuck over yourself, then to the fuck back to your bullshit little eighth grade debate class. YOU’RE IGNORED.
January 31st, 2013 at 7:06 am
Yes, everyone should provide references and evidence when they make an argument. That’s how you make an argument.
It’s bad enough that you made a stupid comment. Compounding it further by arguing that your stupid comment wasn’t worthy of criticism is only making things worse.
January 31st, 2013 at 7:10 am
You mean to say, “This is youtube and I think everyone should think and speak the way I would in their situation!”.
Well, yes, I am responding to my own sarcasm as though it were anything more than the result of me putting words into your mouth. Why would I do that, though?
January 31st, 2013 at 7:26 am
In Canada, a corporation/union/a single person can only donate, I think, a maximum of 1200 dollars to a single political party. Do they have that in America?
January 31st, 2013 at 8:02 am
You mean to say, “This is youtube and I can be an ignorant Pleb if I want!”.
Well, yes, you can. Why would you want to, though?
January 31st, 2013 at 8:20 am
oh sorry jackass, i didn’t realize we were in high school debate class. i was under the mistaken impression that anyone able to respond to my comment would be willing to do so in a more grown-up fashion, rather than bitching about their preferred method of arguing. my bad.
January 31st, 2013 at 9:02 am
Word.
January 31st, 2013 at 10:01 am
In what way was I being a “douche”? If you don’t know what a word means, purchase a dictionary and look it up.
January 31st, 2013 at 11:01 am
I was asking a question. You don’t need to be a douche. You can explain it to me.
January 31st, 2013 at 11:07 am
Buy a dictionary.
January 31st, 2013 at 11:12 am
Can arguments be competent?
January 31st, 2013 at 11:25 am
Examples? Quotes? References?
Half the problem in your country is that the vast majority of people, media included, are completely ignorant of how to make a competent argument.
January 31st, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Conservatism = Hypocrisy
January 31st, 2013 at 12:54 pm
the only thing more pathetic than the blatant, unoriginal nature of this video’s title is the legion of mindless tyt followers who will never have the capacity to stop and realize that conservatives have probably already posted their own video somewhere entitled “”Poll: Americans Conservative On Key Issues. ”
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fucking. . . pathetic.
January 31st, 2013 at 1:16 pm
“Do honestly believe that government is not at fault for anything? ”
Only when it’s run by Right Wingers. Their goal is to loot the Treasury for the rich and tell the rest of us to shut up and get back to work and be glad we even have a job. Then they make being poor as miserable as possible just to scare the hell out of the ones still working so they stay obedient to their bosses and don’t ask for anything,. . . even a raise,,,,
January 31st, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Rigth wing is the polar opposite of Socialism, Communism and Liberalism were and how made that analogy? Europe has problem because of socialist/ liberal ideas and policies. Do honestly believe that government is not at fault for anything?
January 31st, 2013 at 2:19 pm
LOL! Europe is an example of the failure of the Right. Just look at Italy.
That’s the new definition of “Fiscally Conservative” The Right Wing government handed over the money from the pension fund to Wall Street and they lost it gambling. The street riots are because GLOBALLY governments are refusing to raise taxes at a time when the rich are swimming in cash.
BTW: If you talk to a Right Winger the whole world has gone commie.
January 31st, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Because liberalism does not work proof is in the pudding look what is happening now, look at Europe, and Canada before reverting back to more conservative ideas. Another thing no Democrat president has ever got two sides work together.