An astounding number of people have no idea what their government does for them — even as they benefit from government programs.
Source: Suzanne Mettler, "Reconstituting the Submerged State: The Challenges of Social Policy Reform in the Obama Era," via Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future
This NYTimes blog post is interesting enough, but what really caught my attention was a table from a recent academic political science paper that has made its way from liberal bloggers to a former Reagan economic advisor.
An astounding number of people have no idea what their government does for them, even as they benefit from government programs.
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