tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031117166106832786.post4877317620661119332..comments2012-01-31T08:39:51.274-08:00Comments on Moderately Rational: The International Unpopularity of Government Spending ProgramsDavid Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11713435341102305865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031117166106832786.post-25213342250703353882011-10-14T05:19:22.776-07:002011-10-14T05:19:22.776-07:00That chart may have some use somewhere, but I'...That chart may have some use somewhere, but I'm not really sure where or how.<br /><br />So 61% of Americans want to cut spending? How many of them are senior citizens willing to take a cut on their monthly benefits? How many of them are getting government-provided high cost drugs for their illness, which they could not afford themselves?<br /><br />I myself am a middle class, suburbanite, married white male homeowner. Care to guess what I would like to see cut? <br /><br />Now ask the same question to an internet billionaire, or an unemployed teenage mother of two. Exactly.<br /><br />Now, if we can find a poll where 90% of respondents agree that the program ***fill in the blank***should be cut, THEN we would have something!<br /><br />But this info, on its own, doesn't really get us closer to a solution.Dr. Buffalo Gonzo Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02984045760806401662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031117166106832786.post-50911676271391857122011-10-14T05:15:56.939-07:002011-10-14T05:15:56.939-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dr. Buffalo Gonzo Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02984045760806401662noreply@blogger.com