Even if Americans don’t trust the government, they still want the government to do a whole bunch of stuff.
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In fact, what’s striking is that majorities of both Republicans and Democrats felt this way on most of these issues.
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If there is one good generalization about Americans’ attitudes toward government, it is this: Americans hate government, but they like what it does.
The voting public is insane. People who don't like drowning in crazy avoid the polls.