Poll Says Millennials Find Government Inefficient and Abusive of Power
These would be the same Millennials who voted overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008 and 2012. Maybe there is hope after all.
Reason reports.
Millennials Think Government Is Inefficient, Abuses Its Power, and Supports Cronyism
A Reason-Rupe survey of 2,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 finds 66 percent of millennials believe government is inefficient and wasteful — a substantial increase since 2009, when just 42 percent of millennials said government was inefficient and wasteful.
Nearly two-thirds of millennials, 63 percent, think government regulators favor special interests, whereas just 18 percent feel regulators act in the public’s interest. Similarly, 58 percent of 18-to-29 year-olds are convinced government agencies abuse their powers, while merely 25 percent trust government agencies to do the right thing.
The Reason-Rupe report finds this skepticism of government has millennials favoring general reductions to government spending and regulations:
- 73 percent of millennials favor allowing private accounts for Social Security; 51 percent favor private accounts even it means cutting Social Security benefits for current and future retirees because 53 percent of millennials say Social Security is unlikely to exist when they retire
- 64 percent of millennials say cutting government spending by 5 percent would help the economy
- 59 percent say cutting taxes would help the economy
Millennials Think Government Is Inefficient, Abuses Its Power, and Supports Cronyism (Reason.com)
Comments
I suppose better late than never. Elections have consequences.
Yeah they say that now, but when push comes to shove it’ll be “vaginas…………gay marriage………..rape culture……Republicans favor the rich…..etc.” and they’ll fall in line and vote for Hillary like the good little lemmings they are. Two years ago a lot of my more libertarian students liked a lot of what Ron Paul had to say in the spring, but guess who they pulled the lever for in November.