Kellyanne
Conway has conducted an amazing poll –
at once shockingly disheartening, yet
encouraging for those of us who still believe
in limited government.
She found that
most Americans are unable to identify even a
single department in the United States
Cabinet.
A majority –
58 percent – could not provide any
department names whatsoever. A minority – 41
percent – could. But only 4 percent could
name at least five of the 19 executive-level
departments.
Pretty grim.
But there is a
silver lining.
If so few
Americans can name these super-agencies that
spend billions and billions of their
hard-earned tax dollars, then it ought to be
relatively easy to persuade these people the
agencies should be abolished.
How important
could the work of these agencies be if
Americans can't even name them? How popular
could they be? How vital could they be? How
necessary?
It's sad that
Americans don't know who is wasting their
precious money. But since they don't, let's
capitalize on their ignorance.
Let's start
cutting. Nothing will stimulate the economy
more or reduce the deficit faster. And with
fewer names to remember, it's a certainty
Americans will do better on this test in the
future. |