You Have ‘Near Zero’ Impact On Policy, Determines Princeton Study Sunday, August 17th, 2014 by Pat Kane
Is America really the most free country on the
plant? Despite what patriots may tell themselves, several new studies say ‘no.’
A shocking new report from Princeton University Professor Martin Gilens and
Northwestern University Professor Benjamin Page found that the average American
has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. policy, both domestic and foreign.
“Multivariate analysis indicates that economic
elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial
independent impact on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and
mass-based interest groups have little to no independent influence,” reads the study which is slated to appear in the fall edition
of Perspectives on Politics.
For the paper, researchers examined over 1,800
separate policy issues and the public attitude towards them. Of these 1,800
issues, the study determined that public opinion was almost categorically
ignored by legislators.
This study comes only months after a similarly
harrowing study by the same researchers that determined the U.S. government in
not a democracy or a republic, but is in fact an oligarchy.
“I’d say that contrary to what decades of
political science research might lead you to believe, ordinary citizens have
virtually no influence over what their government does in the United States…
Government policy-making over the last few decades reflects the preferences of
those groups — of economic elites and of organized interests,” said Gilens in
an interview.
Breitbart reporter Wynton Hall notes that
while this research is controversial, one needs only to look at the news to see
this phenomena in action. Hall claims that despite a Reuters poll
showing 70% of Americans are starkly opposed to illegal immigration, special
interest groups help keep the possibility of amnesty alive in Washington.
Source: http://www.progressivestoday.com/you-have-near-zero-impact-on-policy-determines-princeton-study/
Comments
Since 1989 I’ve seen a marked increase in
destructive actions taken by the federal government. Reagan was alone in holding back the
tyranny. The federal government did
everything in their power to lower oil and gas drilling, keep the Mexican
border open and doubled and tripled legal immigration. The only weapon we have
left is the ballot box and we won’t have it for long.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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