Half of Americans Think ‘Government Is an Immediate Threat to Liberty’

Government poses a threat to liberty, that much is clear.
But what may be surprising is that almost half of Americans clearly identified government as a clear and ‘immediate’ threat, and are obviously outraged about what is going on.
Oddly, the number of angry Americans has remained consistent in poll number ever since about 2006 during George W. Bush’s second term, maintaining around 46-49% throughout Barack Obama’s entire presidency.
And yet, things continue to get worse and worse with each political cycle, and each new president.
Gallup reported that:
Almost half of Americans, 49%, say the federal government poses ‘an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,’ similar to what was found in previous surveys conducted over the last five years.
The remarkable finding about these attitudes is how much they reflect apparent antipathy toward the party controlling the White House, rather than being a purely fundamental or fixed philosophical attitude about government.
[…] during the Republican administration of George W. Bush, Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents were consistently more likely than Republicans and Republican-leaning independents to say the federal government posed an immediate threat.

This post was published at shtfplan on September 23rd, 2015.