New Poll.

It seems that a new poll has been published about how people view themselves and the results are pretty telling about our society. 96% of the people polled view themselves as average to above average intellectually. These are the same folks that don't know who the Vice President of the United States is, they think Obamacare is free, the Federal Reserve is a public institution and don't know the IMF from BRB or some other useless acronym. I know that this self inflated opinion depends on your point of reference but if you believe you are at least as smart as everyone else it shuts down the desire to learn and that my friends is exactly why the population in this country is so stupid. Totally dependent on other people to tell you what to think and easily manipulated by a good lie.

This is nothing new but it does point to a much greater self deception than in the past. Unfortunately this almost unanimously thought concept of intellect has never been more prominent than in the very people we elect to represent us in the Federal Government. We believed the lies and now we suffer the consequences but somehow it is not their fault - are you kidding me ? I am not so sure the population has the ability of independent thought or are we so intent on fitting in that we have lost the instinct for self preservation ? Maybe the new self preservation is gaming the system, 35% of the population has some type of government assistance. This doesn't include Social Security or Medicare - we paid into to those - this is welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, subsidized health care, subsidized housing loans ..... etc. Who in the heck do you think pays for this stuff ?

Don't for a minute think that I am subscribing to the idea that we have been duped by some slick talking politicians or that there is some grand plan to socialize our country. The truth is that we are stupid and it is far easier to be stupid and blend in than to do the research and fight back. It is far easier to forget the skin we have in the game .......wait, maybe the 96% of the people polled don't have skin in the game. What ever the excuse the facts are the facts. Politicians are stupid, they don't think past whatever stupid idea they have and never consider the consequences. At this point in our history they are taking advantage of a dumbed down populace never thinking about consequences but taking all the power and money they can get away with. It isn't some grand plan it is simply taking advantage of the situation.