61% of Republicans satisfied with how things are going in U.S.- Overall, 29% in U.S. satisfied, including 9% “very satisfied”
- Americans remain more satisfied with state, local governments
WASHINGTON, D.C. — About six in 10 Republicans (61%) say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. — the party’s highest level of satisfaction since February 2007. This latest uptick comes on the heels of a major victory on tax reform for the president and congressional Republicans at the end of 2017.
Current GOP sentiment about the direction of the U.S. is a major turnaround for a party that suffered depressed levels of satisfaction earlier in the year after a number of legislative setbacks and various challenges to Trump’s White House in its first year. After bottoming out at 38% in October, the party’s rank and file became gradually more satisfied with the nation’s trajectory in the final quarter of 2017. Independents, too, have become more satisfied since October, after hitting a 2017 low of 20% that month. Currently, 31% of independents report satisfaction with the way things are going for the […]
>>” The disease is individual Republican Americans.” Methinks you look but do not fully see Stephan. The problem is Capitalism, Imperialism, Empire and militarism. Even Bernie does not speak to those words/concepts. The melting ice is not waiting for us to ‘get it’. Neither are the ET’s, which evidence suggests, have known about Earth & earthlings for millions of years.
I still read you postings every day though. 🙂
John —
If by capitalism you mean making profit I do not agree. I am not against making profit, I simply demand that it be made in the service of fostering wellbeing. The Nordic countries have figured this out; so the question is why can’t the Americans? From CNN: “From 2007-2016, less than 1,000 Norwegians naturalized as US citizens, according to US Department of Homeland Security data. That’s an average of 100 Norwegians a year — less than .000001 percent of Norway’s population.
“665 Americans became Norwegian citizens between 2006-2016, according to Statistics Norway.”
Stephan, the distinction I did not make was between being an entrepreneur and being a capitalist. As a society or culture, we have not agreed upon what form of profit or how much is reasonable or necessary. There are so many debates we have not had, two of which are euthanasia and the use of technology, such as AI, etc.There is a difference, in that ideas brought forth, need not exploit the ecology of our planet nor the workers who partake in the making of products or services.
While I applaud the Nordic countries and what they are doing, they own most of the toxic fish farms on the west coast of both Canada and the US. Behind that ownership are the oil companies who want to kill off local marine life and then force local governments into acquiescing to allow drilling ’cause there’s little use for protection any longer. This was told to a class by a retired scientist from UBC when I lived on Vancouver IS in 2007.
Given the plight of our Earth today, where it’s anyone’s guess if we are near or over the tipping point of no return for the continuation of human life, a complete collapse of our economic way of life is probably the only way forward. Even that, should it occur, is no guarantee that Gaia will relent. The entire model of economic *growth* is called into question, as that’s what profit implies. I agree with Chris Hedges that it is pollyannaish to think that continued denial or a tech fix will get us out of the looming trouble. The ancient historical record seems to point to far older civilizations having to go through similar times.