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Here are some interesting numbers to enrich your Tuesday. You will either say, “Oh dear Lord!” or, “That’s about par for the course.”
Citing Napolitan Insitute surveys of federal managers, the Washington Examiner reports that:
Fifty-onepercentsaidAmericansenjoy“somewhat”to“fartoomuch”individualfreedom.(Note:bycontrast,57%ofvoterssaythegovernmentexertstoomuchcontrolovertheirlives,but16%actuallyagreedwiththefederalmanagers.)Sixty-eightpercentofDemocratfederalmanagersfeltthecountryhadtoomuchfreedomatthe“highestlevelsofthesurvey.”Thirty-threepercentofRepublicanmanagersconcurred.Fifty-fourpercentoffederalmanagersmaintainedthattheywouldissuenewregulationsafter“carefullyresearching”anissueevenifvotersopposedit.Brokendownbyparty,thatnumberaccountsfor49%ofRepublican-leaningmanagersand60%ofDemocrats.Youcanreadtheoriginalpressreleaseshereandhere.
RMGResearch,whichScottRasmussenhelms,compiledthedata.Rasmussenobserved:
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