Here’s something from the F&M poll that’s been underreported today:
“About seven in ten (66 percent) registered adults believe that the problems they are facing can be solved with the help of the government.”
As director of the F&M poll, G. Terry Madonna, said during an interview Thursday night: “You and I both know (free market policies) work in the good times, but in the bad times, since the New Deal, people look to the government for help.”
Republican John McCain’s hurdle is to convince voters extended tax cuts and reduced regulation at a time a majority of Americans are seeking help from the government is the way to go. And they’re seeking help not just because gas is at $4 a gallon but because health care costs have skyrocketed and 21 percent of the F&M respondents have said their pay’s been cut in the last several years. One in five people have not sought medical care because it’s prohibitively expensive and 16 percent didn’t purchase “needed” food because they couldn’t afford it.
Geesh. No wonder why 78 percent (read that number again, Wow!) believe the county is on the wrong track.
