STUDY: YOU HAVE 'NEAR-ZERO' IMPACT ON U.S. POLICY

Breibart - Big Government

A startling new political science study concludes that corporate interests and mega wealthy individuals control U.S. policy to such a degree that "the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy." 

The startling study, titled "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens," is slated to appear in an upcoming issue of Perspectives on Politicsand was authored by Princeton University Professor Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Professor Benjamin Page. An early draft can be found here.

Noted American University Historian Allan J. Lichtman, who highlighted the piece in a Tuesday article published in The Hill, calls Gilens and Page's research "shattering" and says their scholarship "should be a loud wake-up call to the vast majority of Americans who are bypassed by their government." 

The statistical research looked at public attitudes on nearly 1,800 policy issues and determined that government almost always ignores the opinions of average citizens and adopts the policy preferences of monied business interests when shaping the contours of U.S. laws. 

The study's findings align with recent trends, where corporate elites have aggressively pursued pro-amnesty policies despite the fact that, according to the most recent Reuters poll, 70% of Americans believe illegal immigrants "threaten traditional U.S. beliefs and customs," and 63% believe "immigrants place a burden on the economy." 

The solution, say the scholars, is a reinvigorated and engaged electorate. 

"If policymaking is dominated by powerful business organizations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America's claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened," conclude Gilens and Page. 

My comments: This reality allows Obama and the Democrats to run roughshod over the American People without regard to their will. From spending America into Oblivion to Same-Sex Marriage, the will of the People has been IGNORED. 

The Spiritual Ignorance of the American People is a major factor. The American People have no awakened to the anti-Chrsit motivation of Obama and the Democrats--that they want to turn america into a godless, Socialist, Secular Humanist State.