Rasmussen Reports
4/18/2012
Voters believe too much government power is a dangerous thing and put a very high value on protecting the rights of the individual.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Likely U.S. Voters agree with the statement that a government powerful enough to do everything you want is also powerful enough to take away everything you have. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that only 23% disagree with that statement. Eleven percent (11%) are not sure about it. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey of 1,000 Likely U.S. Voters was conducted on April 16-17, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Related: Will ObamaCare turn us into a nation of part-time employees?
As the Supreme Court ponders whether the Obama administration can constitutionally take over the private sector when it comes to health care – and then order all Americans to buy health insurance—an unintended consequence is lurking in the government’s unemployment figures. Plagued by fears of explosive costs from mandated healthcare, companies are quietly transitioning much of the American workforce into a nation of part-time employees.
If left in force, the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) could doom a generation of American workers to part-time jobs. This is in sharp contrast to the legions of full time government workers who will implement the law’s myriad regulations while they enjoy a smorgasbord of health care options subsidized by taxpayers who will have few in the years to come…
