How dumb does Washington think we are ?

[Arjuna]

How dumb does Washington think we all are? | New York Post


How dumb do Washington bureaucrats think you are? Really amazingly dumb. Now we have hard data to prove it.

Instead of polling Americans about Washington again, a pair of academics at Johns Hopkins tried something new — polling Washington about Americans. What they found was a combination of ignorance, contempt and disdain.

Survey data from the polled group — staffers from the White House and Capitol Hill plus career civil servants and the policy community of lobbyists and others who work closely with government from outside it — indicate that the functionary class thinks of itself as our betters. Our bosses, not our representatives. They see their own judgment as being far superior to that of the rest of us — the people whose wishes they are supposed to be carrying out.

The findings were revealing: By a huge margin, the bureaucrats said they knew better than the public what was right for the public. On Social Security, twice as many bureaucrats said they knew best. On crime, three times as many bureaucrats said their way was superior. On the environment, the ratio was almost four to one.

Reminder: As a group, these people enjoy calling themselves “public servants.”

 

[pjzwtl]

Reminder: As a group, these people enjoy calling themselves “public servants.”

As a group they should all get a good "public lashing"

 

[4excal]

Extremely..but that's just because I'm going by reading the title..all polls are the stupidest thing ever..does anyone with a brain believe O. Hussein is magically at 55% liked when he's been in 30s/40s for 6 years ?? A game for his "exit face saving" strategy!

 

[Jezman]

Short answer they don't care. There is and proven from past crooks both parties no one to answer too and better yet no punishment!

 

[ProgSpear]

Obama purged the senior military. Trump needs to purge the Senior Executive Service in all the other alphabet agencies, starting with ths State Department, which has been a commie hotbed since the 1930's.

 

[SigLady]

I agree with them as far as the intelligence of the average american is concerned. This country has gotten stupider by the generation- but then again let's not forget that that was done on purpose.

Interesting to poll DC about what they think of the populace, though. That somethjng you don't read about every day.

 

[ProgSpear]

I suspect the intelligence of the American populace is roughly the same as it has always been. Their education has been woefully subverted by the progressive agenda for at least 3 generations now, however.

 

[4excal]

I suspect the intelligence of the American populace is roughly the same as it has always been. Their education has been woefully subverted by the progressive agenda for at least 3 generations now, however.

That's kind of a tough argument actually. Yes our kids stare at a device and are dumbed down to zombie form, that same device has empowered the others to learn and absorb much more then can ever be taught in schools.. I use myself as an example of that. I was a horrible student,just skated past regents diploma (well maybe not horrible then) but now since past decade of internet as my added appendage, I'm a walking, fucking narcissistic know it all

 

[Catskillkid]

That's kind of a tough argument actually. Yes our kids stare at a device and are dumbed down to zombie form, that same device has empowered the others to learn and absorb much more then can ever be taught in schools.. I use myself as an example of that. I was a horrible student,just skated past regents diploma (well maybe not horrible then) but now since past decade of internet as my added appendage, I'm a walking, fucking narcissistic know it all

You mean there are more of us?

 

[4excal]

You mean there are more of us?

Nah, just me..

 

[ProgSpear]

That's kind of a tough argument actually. Yes our kids stare at a device and are dumbed down to zombie form, that same device has empowered the others to learn and absorb much more then can ever be taught in schools.. I use myself as an example of that. I was a horrible student,just skated past regents diploma (well maybe not horrible then) but now since past decade of internet as my added appendage, I'm a walking, fucking narcissistic know it all

You prove my point. The internet is an awesome learning tool assuming your education is sufficiently advanced to allow you to make proper judgements based on critically thinking about what you are learning. EVERYTHING about current education is antithetical to critical thinking, and is a direct result of progressive control. When a valuable tool like the internet is relegated to an ego massaging social media extravaganza to "validate" yourself, because you are a special (indoctrinated) snowflake, then it is nothing more than part of the "bread and circuses". Why would Obozo give it away? Because no matter how they tried to suppress and corrupt the truth telling part, it was beyond the bounds of the feds because of that pesky 1st amendment thing. Easy solution? Pass it off to an international organization mainly populated by tyrants. Eventually our internet will be normalized with China's.

 

[4excal]

You prove my point. The internet is an awesome learning tool assuming your education is sufficiently advanced to allow you to make proper judgements based on critically thinking about what you are learning. EVERYTHING about current education is antithetical to critical thinking, and is a direct result of progressive control. When a valuable tool like the internet is relegated to an ego massaging social media extravaganza to "validate" yourself, because you are a special (indoctrinated) snowflake, then it is nothing more than part of the "bread and circuses". Why would Obozo give it away? Because no matter how they tried to suppress and corrupt the truth telling part, it was beyond the bounds of the feds because of that pesky 1st amendment thing. Easy solution? Pass it off to an international organization mainly populated by tyrants. Eventually our internet will be normalized with China's.

Yea but I also learned "2 girls 1 cup" from the internet...