Democrats and the Economy
Stephen Rose and Anne Kim point out in today’s Wall Street Journal that even though Americans are worried about the economy, most do not want to enact the big government programs that Democrats favor.
In a February 2007 poll conducted by Democracy Corps, 57% of Americans agreed that “government makes it harder for people to get ahead in life,” and 54% thought that “government mostly gets in the way of the economy and job growth.” While people not hurt by recessions are open to helping those who are, Democrats cannot assume that economic recessions automatically translate into broad public support for major government interventions.
Despite the hyperbole of comparing the current economic trouble to the Great Depression, the American people are not ready for another socialist expansion in America like the New Deal. Bad news for Obama and Clinton.