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xpost GR: Poll Shows Public Doesn’t Agree With Conservatives’ Extreme Views On Regulation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101631425Poll: Public Doesn’t Agree With Conservatives’ Extreme Views On Regulation
By Climate Guest Blogger on Jun 11, 2012 at 11:31 am
by Ruy Teixeira
When conservatives aren’t talking about cutting taxes for the rich, they’re getting misty-eyed about removing business regulations. Indeed, nothing less than the obliteration of all current restrictions on business would appear to satisfy them. There’s just one problem: The public doesn’t share this commitment.
On the contrary, the public understands that a free market economy needs regulation to serve the common good. And as a matter of fact, that was its verdict by a wide 63-31 margin in the Pew Research Center’s new American Values Survey released in April.
In the same survey, the public called for stricter laws and regulations when it comes to protecting the environment by an overwhelming 74-25 margin.
Conservatives may be convinced ...
By Climate Guest Blogger on Jun 11, 2012 at 11:31 am
by Ruy Teixeira
When conservatives aren’t talking about cutting taxes for the rich, they’re getting misty-eyed about removing business regulations. Indeed, nothing less than the obliteration of all current restrictions on business would appear to satisfy them. There’s just one problem: The public doesn’t share this commitment.
On the contrary, the public understands that a free market economy needs regulation to serve the common good. And as a matter of fact, that was its verdict by a wide 63-31 margin in the Pew Research Center’s new American Values Survey released in April.
In the same survey, the public called for stricter laws and regulations when it comes to protecting the environment by an overwhelming 74-25 margin.
Conservatives may be convinced ...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/11/497191/poll-public-doesnt-agree-with-conservatives-extreme-views-on-regulation/
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