Happy Wednesday folks,
Data just released from the new WSJ/NBC News poll reveals that only 42 percent of the American people support President Obama’s handling of the economy.
Their frustration with him is understandable. After all, the “nation’s economic recovery, which started in mid-2009, has been marked as much for its choppiness as its slow pace,” according to The Wall Street Journal’s Ben Leubsdorf and Eric Morath.
Instead of focusing on growth of the overall economy, President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Reid, and House Minority Leader Pelosi have chosen to concentrate on a narrow, liberal agenda.
Today for example, the “Minimum Wage Fairness Act” is set to reach the Senate floor, and President Obama is expected to press his case for hiking the minimum wage. Their priorities are not those of the American people, however.
According to YG Network’s hot-n-fresh-out-the-kitchen Battleground Constituent Tracking Poll, Americans don’t buy the argument that more government intervention in the economy is helpful. By more than a four-to-one margin (49% to 12%), battleground constituents believe that government does more to hurt people trying to climb the economic ladder than help.
And regarding the minimum wage specifically, a recent YG Network survey on the inequality debate shows that by a two to one margin, 64 percent to 33 percent, respondents say that expanding economic growth for everyone is more important than narrowing the gap between rich and poor.
It’s not fair to the American people that liberal lawmakers press the case for their pet projects while the economy suffers as a whole. Smart conservative policies can counter this liberal stubbornness, but only with an agenda that directly helps middle-class Americans.
Seize the day.