Americans HATE Libertarianism
source: http://politicallyillustrated.com/index.php?/page/usa/1881/
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“All demographic groups—even those not usually associated with wealth redistribution such as Republicans and the wealthy—desire a more equal distribution of wealth than the status quo,” wrote the study’s authors Michael Norton and Dan Ariely.
5,522 Americans responded to the blind test with 92 percent of Republicans and 93.5 percent of Democrats saying they favor a model similar to Sweden.
“The problem is most Americans are persuaded by Fox News, a soapbox for billionaire Rupert Murdoch, that redistribution or socialism should not be part of our democracy let alone regulated by the government,” Richard Durban, a popular pollster for a leading website, told Politically Illustrated. “This survey contradicts Mr. Murdoch’s grip on America.”
The research comes as the wealthiest quintile, the top 20 percent of Americans, hold around 84 percent of the nation’s wealth, a percentage that keeps increasing even during the economic downturn.
“Just as people have erroneous beliefs about the actual level of wealth inequality, they may also hold overly optimistic beliefs about opportunities for social mobility in the United States—beliefs which in turn may drive support for unequal distributions of wealth,” wrote Norton and Ariely.
Meaning some Americans fear higher taxes if one day they became rich—a dream larger than America, for everyday Americans.
5,522 Americans responded to the blind test with 92 percent of Republicans and 93.5 percent of Democrats saying they favor a model similar to Sweden.
“The problem is most Americans are persuaded by Fox News, a soapbox for billionaire Rupert Murdoch, that redistribution or socialism should not be part of our democracy let alone regulated by the government,” Richard Durban, a popular pollster for a leading website, told Politically Illustrated. “This survey contradicts Mr. Murdoch’s grip on America.”
The research comes as the wealthiest quintile, the top 20 percent of Americans, hold around 84 percent of the nation’s wealth, a percentage that keeps increasing even during the economic downturn.
“Just as people have erroneous beliefs about the actual level of wealth inequality, they may also hold overly optimistic beliefs about opportunities for social mobility in the United States—beliefs which in turn may drive support for unequal distributions of wealth,” wrote Norton and Ariely.
Meaning some Americans fear higher taxes if one day they became rich—a dream larger than America, for everyday Americans.
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bailey78
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i just love it here. ..!.
- 1 year ago
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bailey78
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mindcruzer
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Your picture is broken. The guy in the blue shirt should be wearing a black suit and probably look a bit more like Obama. In the second frame, the guy wearing the suit pulls out a gun, and threatens the guy with the newspaper for money. Socalism.
- 1 year ago
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mindcruzer
