Public Opinion Poll on Government and Political Issues

This is an OPINION poll where you can find out how your beliefs and opinions compare to other people's views on government/social problems.
You can vote only on issues that you care about. The questions are in no particular order.
I am not collecting money or email addresses or trying to sign anyone up for anything.
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How do you view the severity of the national debt problem? Are we doomed?

Absolutely
Probably
Maybe
No Way

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Have you considered voting out ALL incumbents?

Yes
No
Don't care

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In general should the size of Government be...

Expanded
Stay the Same
Reduced
Cut by over 50%

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Should government expand antitrust regulation to limit profit MARGINS of big businesses that provide ESSENTIAL goods and services (such as Energy, Health and Finance) similar to the way antitrust laws limit profit margins that utility companies can make?

Yes
No
Don't care

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Tort reform - should lawyers be required to *ante up* with a cash bond that they would personally forfeit should they file a frivolous law suit and lose?

Yes
No
Don't care

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Limited liability - should victims be restricted and doctors be protected by a limit to the size of malpractice awards in law suits?

Yes
No
Don't care

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Why are we at war? Which reason(s) most closely fits your belief?

Oil
Profits for big business
Revenge
Terrorist threat to our freedom and way of life
US support for Israel
All of the above
Other

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Should we get out of the Middle East?

Yes
No
Don't care

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If you think we should get out of the Middle East, why?

Our presence there does not hinder terrorism
Our presence there promotes MORE terrorism
We should not have gone in the first place
We can't afford to police the world
The loss of life of our young men and women and innocent civilizations is not worth the progress
All of the above
Other

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Would you support trade neutrality regulations and import tarrifs to demand that other countries import an equal (or near equal) value of goods from us as we import from them? Keep in mind that this will increase prices but also put more Americans back to work and it will keep wealth from leaving America - but it could cause shortages of oil and other necessary products. Could you make the sacrifice?

Yes
No
Don't care

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Should Congress have oversight by a qualified accounting firm, such as the IRS that has the authority to cut out waste, fraud, abuse and overcharging of the spending of taxpayer's dollars - BEFORE checks are written?

Absolutely
No, I trust Congress
Don't care

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Do you know that government took the money out of the Social Security fund and replaced it with unfunded IOU's and Social Security funding operates only from money that is currently paid in?

Yes
No
Don't care

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Have you considered moving to another country?

Yes
No
Don't know, I just got here

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Are the government's reports about the true rate of unemployment...

Accurate
Close to accurate
Much higher unemployment than reported

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Has Obama performed

Brilliantly and exceeded my expectations
About as good as expected given the circumstances
Poorly
So badly he should be removed from office instantly

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Is Sarah Palin

Qualified to be president
Growing into a possible candidate
Has a lot of catching up to do
Lacking the fundamental skills and intelligence for the job
A total moron
Who cares, she is insignificant

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Are members of congress in touch with the citizens they represent?

Yes, absolutely
Somewhat
Not that much
They do not have a clue about the real world I live in

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Do you feel you are financially OPPRESSED by government regulations, taxes or feel you are overcharged for the basic goods and services you need

Yes, absolutely
Somewhat
Not that much
Non whatsoever

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Does the controversy over gays and gay rights and policies matter to you?

Yes, I promote gay pride and openness
Homos should be shot
I could care less about anyone's sexual orientation

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The future

Will be great, magnificent, all problems will find solutions
We will muddle along as usual
Will be tough, more misery than most expect
Will be pretty bad
Stock up on ammunition and supplies, society will fall into anarchy

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Religion

God has the solution, has planned everything and we are just spectators
We need God/religion but we are ultimately responsible
God isn't concerned and has pretty much abandoned humankind
Religion has it's place for some people, when they get into trouble or need a crutch
There is no God

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Who or what is MOST responsible for America's problems?

Bush Jr.
Obama
Republicans
Democrats
Progressives
Conservatives
Liberals
Big Business
Congress
The Federal Reserve
The Media
Terrorist
Apathetic voters/citizens
Family breakdown
Decline of morality/values
All of the above
Some of the above
No one, it's just the course of human history, our time has passed
TV, Violent Video games, Gansta Rap made me do it
God
Satan

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Is the Tea Party movement...

A furture national party
Insignificiant
Divide the Republican party like Ross Perot so Democrats will win
None of the above

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Bankers and financial institution officers are

Doing an excellent job, keep it up
Doing ok considering the challenges they face
Should be reprimanded
Should be fired
Should be incarcerated
I don't care

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Solution to banking problems

Let them figure it out
Impose a few restrictions
Impose heavy regulations
Go back to the time they had *skin* in them game and would be fired if they made imprudent decisions with their depositor's money
I don't care

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What to do about Israel

Increase support and send more military supplies and funds
Stay the course
Encourage them to make more concessions and get along with their neighbors
Withdraw our support, we can't afford it
Tell them they can move to America because we can't defend them any longer and pull our military out of the middle east
I don't care

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What to do about prison overcrowding

Build more prisons
Send them to Mexico like Swartzenager suggest or to help Haiti rebuild
Release the non-violent prisoners sooner
Release the ones on drug possession charges and them drug test them as a group weekly to remain free
Do nothing, its running fine
I don't care

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Give these choices, would you rather..

Work hard and make a good living and surrender 30% of your income to the government and half of your estate to the government when you die
Do as little as possible struggle with bills and never have any disposable income and get by on government welfare
Work some and get some government benefits and support the government as little as possible
I'm disabled and can't work

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Do you feel the government is...

Your friend and safety net in case of a personal tragedy
Your enemy, who is on course to take away everything you have earned and waste it or give it to someone else
Only good to you in terms of protecting your freedom and security
Irrelevant
Other

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What is the best hope to raise America?

Religion, faith, morality and values
A great leader, messiah or prophet
Better education
Return to the Constitutions
Fail and start ove
There is no hope, we have passed the tipping point and failure is certain

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How should we deal with terrorism?

Forgive them and take no action
Try to Reason with them and make concessions
Use economic sanctions against them and their supporters
Sterilize them and their supporters so evil can't multiply
Nuke, them and kill everyone who may be associated with them

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How should we deal with illegal immigration?

Torture them then deport them so they tell their friends
Build a fence and use law enforcemnet/military to patrol the borders
Just send them back
Grant them citizenship since they want to be here so badly that they risk their lives in a row boat or walking for days through deserts to get here
Make them pick our fruits, mow our lawns, clean our houses, do heavy manual labor and care for our children for less than minimum wages, without any benefits
Other

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Isolationism vs World government. Should the US...

Merge our currency and laws with other nations
Stay the course
Move away from international regulations, finance and determine our own set of regulations and avoid/ignore other nations as much as possible
I don't care

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In the event of a collapse of the Federal government have you

Never thought it, chances are too small, our government will never fail
Thought about it but not prepared at all
Thought about it and made a few survival plans
Stockpiled supplies and prepared for self defense
I'm prepared to survive the worse situation imaginable

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Should the economy collapse what would be the next system to fail?

Power grid - Electricity and water would go off
Trucking then stores run out of food, gas and supplies
Law enforcement - police may go home to take care of their families
My job and personal income, I'm not working without pay
Most/All of the above would likely fail
Nothing, people will keep going to work even if the money they get paid is nearly worthless
The economy is too important to fail, government will prevent failure, this is a stupid question

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Global warming is a

Hoax designed to tax citizens and make huge profits for big business
Real but not significiant
Real and needs immediate mesurable action
Who cares, but we should devote some of our resources to manage polution anyway
Who cares, burn baby burn

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Optional questions because people are curious about who has voted.

How would you describe your party affiliations?

Republician
Democrat
Independent
Other

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Are you?

White
Non-white
It doesn't matter

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How old are you?

0-15 years
16-20 years
21-30 years
31-40 years
41-50 years
50+ years

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Do you believe in life (consciousness) after death

Yes, Absolutely
Probably
Maybe
Not sure
No, when you are dead, you are dead

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