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Nearly a Third of Americans are Nuts

By Doug Bandow on 8.31.09 @ 5:16PM

Two-out-of-three American voters (67%) lack confidence that Congress knows what it's doing when it comes to the economy.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 29% are at least somewhat confident in the economic wisdom of the legislature. Those figures include seven percent (7%) who are Very Confident that Congress knows what it's doing and 38% who are Not at All Confident.

Who are these 29 percent of the people? And the seven percent who are "very confident" in Congress must be border-line psychotic!

About the Author

Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).