From a CNN poll released yesterday morning:
Thirty-six percent of people questioned said that President Obama’s policies have improved economic conditions, with 28 percent feeling that the president’s programs have made things worse, and 35 percent saying what he’s done has had no effect on the economy.
Do 35 percent of the people (adults, not voters, in this poll) really believe that the federal government can spend, say, around $2 trillion, give or take a couple hundred billion (but who’s counting? Certainly no one in government) and have “no effect on the economy”?
What I’d like to know is something I’m assuming CNN didn’t ask (haven’t seen the poll questions): what do those 35 percent think of those who spent all that money to “no effect”? Here, for example, is a good follow-up question for those respondents:
In the next Congressional and presidential elections, would you be more likely to support or oppose candidates who voted for all this ineffective spending?
