Majority of Americans now favor limited role for govt since Biden took office

[Counselor706]

After a record high number of Americans said last year that the federal government should do more to solve the nation's problems, a new survey from Gallup finds that most Americans have reverted to thinking the government should have a more limited role.

Last September, when the nation was firmly in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic, with states locked down, businesses closed, and racial unrest dominating headlines, a record-high 54% of U.S. adults surveyed by Gallup said the government should do more to solve problems.

But in the year since then, President Joe Biden took office and started a massive expansion of the federal government's role in the pandemic response. Biden signed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill into law last spring and Democrats are seeking to follow that up with another $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion spending bill funding free community college tuition, child care, paid family leave, Medicaid expansion, and Biden's climate agenda.

Now, Gallup finds that 52% of Americans say the government is doing too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses, while 43% say the government needs to do more to solve problems.

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[CornusKousa]

It should be.... the feds should handle infrastructure/defense, international shit and otherwise largely leave the states the fuck alone.


We can share F-22's but we don't need to tell each other how to run our businesses and raise our kids.

Otherwise the escalation of conflict will continue... and everyone doing their own thing, getting what they want is preferable to a big ugly fight and everyone loosing.