Americans Name Government as No. 1 U.S. Problem

by Justin McCarthy

http://www.gallup.com/poll/181946/americans-name-government-no-problem.aspx

    "Americans continue to name the government (18%) as the most important U.S. problem, a distinction it has had for the past four months. Americans' mentions of the economy as the top problem (11%) dropped this month, leaving it tied with jobs (10%) for second place".

   This paragraph speaks at volumes of how the American public sees our Government. At 18% naming the government as the most important problem and we can easily see why; with congress, parties, and branches of government not been able to agree or accomplish much.

   The Gallup‘s article “Americans Name Government as No.1 U.S. Problem”, should come as no surprise to any of us. Surely some can argue the numbers are even a little low, how we see congress acting, where they cannot agree on much. According to Wikipedia there have been 18 government shutdowns since 1976. Why more data you ask? So we can see the extent of it. Just today we see the bickering and the no-communication coming from the top 2 parties with the sad death or Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden and unexpected death. Already the Republicans are talking about blocking anyone that President Obama nominates saying that with just little time for the next President to take office it should be there responsibility. On the other side of the aisle Democrats are arguing that is simply irresponsible to leave such an important seat vacant so long. I chose this paragraph because I would be one of the 18%.