Americans Oppose Bailout Plan… But
The Associated Press reported on Sunday that Americans oppose the bailout in large numbers, but are open to be convince of the use of the bill… if only their political leaders would explain the bill, its necessity and effect in clear words to them.
Thus far, however, they have failed to do so, which seems to be the main reason for Americans’ opposition to it.
It is one of the major problems in politics today, and not just in the United States: often, politicians know what to do, but they fail to take the time to explain it to the public. Since they do not explain it, but act nevertheless, they get voted out of office at the very first opportunity. Even when they made the right call.
This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.
Comments are closed.
PoliGazette Comments Policy
PoliGazette encourages comments from all viewpoints, especially those that disagree.
Comments submitted must, however, adhere to the following standards. Comments that violate
these standards may be edited or deleted without notice at the sole discretion of the editors.
Commenters who repeatedly or egregiously violate these standards or who attempt to argue
publicly with editors regarding the comments policy may be banned from commenting further.
(1) Comments should address the substantive content of the post. Comments that repeatedly
or blatantly misrepresent the content of the post or of others' comments are not welcome. Comments that
respond to something other than which the contributor or commenter may have said are irrelevant and should
not be posted.
(2) Comments should avoid vulgarity as well as racial, ethnic, religious, or sexual bigotry.
(3) Comments should not personally attack the character, personal integrity, or professional
reputation of any PoliGazette contributor or of other commenters.
(4) Comments should reflect the contributions of the commenters themselves and should not
include extensive cut-and-paste reproductions of others' words except insofar as necessary to supplement
the commenter's own arguments. Link spam, trackback spam, and propaganda spam will be instantly deleted.
(5) Public figures are considered open to all substantive criticism of their policies and statements.
Comments that present objectively false factual information about public figures (i.e. "Obama is a Muslim") or
that attack public figures by attacking their families are not welcome. Comments that merely repeat
slogans for or against a candidate without engaging in substantive comment are not welcome.
Questions or challenges to these policies or their application should be directed to the editors
by email only.
Is it that politicians know what to do or that they want a free hand to do as they like? Explaining themselves compels them to flesh out too many niggling little details which they are then committed to.