Friday, January 24, 2014

19 Numbers Which Prove That Americans Are Angrier And More Frustrated Than Ever

19 Numbers Which Prove That Americans Are Angrier And More Frustrated Than Ever   

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19 Numbers Which Prove That Americans Are Angrier And More Frustrated Than Ever

Michael Snyder
American Dream
January 24, 2014
Have you noticed that people are becoming angrier?  You can see it everywhere – in our homes, in our schools, in our workplaces, in our television shows, in our movies, and certainly in Washington.  In fact, many have said that there is an “epidemic” of anger in America today.
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And it is undeniably true.  As you will see below, a whole host of surveys and opinion polls show that America has become a seething cauldron of anger and frustration unlike anything that we have ever seen before.  As a nation, we are more divided than we have been in decades, and economic conditions continue to deteriorate.  People are working harder than ever and Americans get less vacation days than anyone else in the world, but median household income keeps going down every year.  Americans are dissatisfied with their relationships, their jobs, their communities and their political leaders.  There is this growing sense that our country is steamrolling toward disaster, and yet there is very little agreement on what the solutions to our problems are.  Instead, blaming others for our problems has become a new American pastime.  The very fabric of our society is coming apart at the seams and the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted is beginning to disappear.  What is America going to look like if we continue to go even farther down this road?
The following statistics come from various surveys and opinion polls that have been conducted recently.  Without a doubt, these numbers show that Americans are angrier and more frustrated than ever…
#1 65 percent of Americans are dissatisfied “with the U.S. system of government and its effectiveness”.  That is the highest level of dissatisfaction that Gallup has ever recorded.
#2 66 percent of Americans are dissatisfied “with the size and power of federal government”.
#3 70 percent of Americans do not have confidence that the government will “make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.”
#4 Only 8 percent of Americans believe that Congress is doing a “good” or “excellent” job.
#5 Only 4 percent of Americans believe that it would “change Congress for the worse” if every member was voted out during the next election.
#6 60 percent of Americans report feeling “angry or irritable”.  Two years ago that number was at 50 percent.
#7 53 percent of Americans believe that the Obama administration is “not competent in running the government”.
#8 An all-time low 31 percent of Americans identify themselves as Democrats.
#9 An all-time low 25 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans.
#10 An all-time high 42 percent of Americans identify themselves as Independents.
#11 Barack Obama’s daily job approval numbers have dipped down into the high thirties several times lately.
#12 Only 38 percent of Americans approve of the way that Obama is handling the economy.
#13 60 percent of Americans believe that the “economic system in this country unfairly favors the wealthy”.
#14 70 percent of Americans do not “feel engaged or inspired at their jobs”.
#15 Two-thirds of U.S. teens “admit to having anger attacks involving the destruction of property, threats of violence, or engaging in violence”.
#16 36 percent of Americans admit that they have yelled at customer service agents during the past year.
#17 73 percent of Americans believe that Obama’s efforts to “reform” the NSA “won’t make much difference in protecting people’s privacy”.
#18 77 percent of Americans believe that the state of the economy is either “not so good” or “poor”.
#19 65 percent of Americans are either “somewhat dissatisfied” or “very dissatisfied” with the direction of the country.
Are you starting to get the picture?
We have never seen anything like this in the United States during the post-World War II era.  People are fundamentally unhappy, and that has tremendous implications for the future of our society.
So what is causing all of this anger and frustration?
Well, of course the economic struggles that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing on a daily basis play a huge role.  The following is an excerpt from a recent local Fox News report
Some are describing this as “America’s anger epidemic.” And there are a few reasons: uncertainty in the job market and the economy, working long hours — on average about one month more now than they did in the 1970s and with less vacation.
So if it seems like Americans are angrier these days it’s because we are.
And it is easy to understand why people are becoming increasingly frustrated with the incompetence and rampant corruption in Washington D.C.
Grim findings have been coming thick and fast. Most Americans no longer see President Barack Obama as honest. Half think that he “knowingly lied” to pass his Obamacare health law. Fewer than one in five trust the government in Washington to do what is right all or most of the time. Confidence in Congress has fallen to record lows: in America, as in Italy and Greece, just one in ten voters expresses trust or confidence in the national parliament. Frankly straining credulity, a mammoth, 107-country poll by Transparency International, a corruption monitor, this summer found Americans more likely than Italians to say that they feel that the police, business and the media are all “corrupt or extremely corrupt”.
Americans are also turning on one another. Since 1972 the Chicago-based General Social Survey (GSS) has been asking whether most people can be trusted, or whether “you can’t be too careful” in daily life. Four decades ago Americans were evenly split. Now almost two-thirds say others cannot be trusted, a record high.
In addition, there are certainly other reasons why people are so angry these days as well…
The “Knockout Game” grows more popular. Athletes throw tantrums that would embarrass most 3-year-olds. Race relations simmer at a constant near-boil, while our leaders engage in enough posturing and name-calling to look more like a modern version of “West Side Story” than the servant-citizens who should inspire peace and mutual respect.
So what do you believe?
Why do you think that Americans are so angry and so frustrated these days?
Is there anything we can do about it?
And how bad will the anger and frustration in this country get when the economy completely collapses?
Please feel free to share what you think by posting a comment below…
This article was posted: Friday, January 24, 2014 at 5:50 am

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am 81 years old ,so I have seen a lot of different stages of life. In the late thirties people were very trusting of each other, but then kind of doubtful about the way the government was heading. Then we were attacked on Dec. 7th,1941. This brought the people together and I have never seen as many patriotic Americans as we had in the forties. I do not want a war, but we need to get acquainted with courtesy, our neighbors and GOD again. I think most of the people are just frustrated the way our government has gone since the forties and early fifties.

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Anonymous said...

The surveys mentioned above are optimistic, in my opinion. I, personally, have absolutely no confidence whatsoever in the government to do the right thing, in any category. This is the most corrupt administration we have ever had to endure. The Bush administration was bad, but this Muslim Brotherhood in Washington is committing outright treason, and they're not even trying to hide it. I don't intend to sound racist, I would vote for Thomas Sowell, Col. Allen West, or several other black men in an instant. Obama has no redeeming qualities, whatsoever. He's a liar, a man of no honor, and is destroying America. Bankers are bailed out at taxpayer expense, then allowed to do the same thing over again. They avoid prosecution by buying their way out of it, just like J.P. Morgan Chase, HSBC, and Goldman Sachs. The Federal Reserve Board is a collection of fools and criminals who only work for the benefit of the wealthy elite, and do a poor job at that. We used to consider the police our friends, but thanks to the federal government, they are now mostly a bunch of Jack booted thugs who abuse the people they are supposed to protect and serve. Our military veterans gave their lives and limbs for our freedom and now they are being treated like third class citizens. Today's military is sent into one war after another, usually without Congress' approval, hamstrung with senseless "Rules of Engagement", and then their bodies shipped home like boxes of spoiled produce. What happened to the honor guards who used to oversee every body unloaded from the transports? I heard it was "too costly." But it's not too costly to provide free health care to illegal aliens? Congress passes laws like the NDAA which strip the people of their constitutional rights, allow the president to make up his own list of people he wants killed, and then allows drone strikes to kill without warning. Some five million Americans invested in foreign currency and then when it re-values, senators, congressmen, bankers, and all their friends, relatives, campaign donors, and favored employees are allowed to cash in at exorbitant rates, while the rest of the investors are left to "eat cake." Are the people angry? I'd say they are pretty damned pissed off. We're spit on, shit on, and treated like the enemy, and then we're expected to show gratitude for our "safety and security." Terrorism begins in Washington, DC.

Anonymous said...

I'm angry. The way our government is run is nothing short of a joke. We are hated by the world, and with good reason. Our government starts wars for profit, keeps wars going indefinitely for profit, and then has the gall to tell America that unemployment is at 6%. Tell that to the more than 35% of Americans who are unemployed and have been for over 6 months. Where are our jobs? Big corporations, who own our government lock stock and barrel, have sent them all overseas where they don't have to pay taxes and benefits, and our government just turns a blind eye to this because they are all on the payrolls of those same big corporations. Yes, I am angry along with millions of other Americans and if something doesn't change, I don't want to even think about what will happen in this once great country.

Ken Rankin said...

The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off. We're starting to learn the truth about; our leaders, our bankers, our religions, our drug companies, our food companies, and our energy souces and thus we are in the pissed off stage. Soon, the anger will turn to action and We the People will take our country back. The war that will unite us this time will be We the People against all of the above corrupt entitiues and we will cool down after we have reclaimed our sovereignty.

Anonymous said...

Military Industrial Intelligence Complex absorbed US. Why we are what we are today. What with all the Non-disclosure Agreements we have been coralled and separated. Time to be human once again and reach out to one another. Break free. Learn what it is to be free. Let's save our kind and the planet.

Anonymous said...

No Jesus..no peace, love, joy or contentment. Thats all.

Anonymous said...

This is all because of ONE major problem with a majority those we elect to represent us ... they ignore the Constitution of the United States. We no longer have a government of, for, and by the people.

Anonymous said...

@ 9:36...fake war and delusional patriots are why we, even to this day, have corporations brainwash everyone to that war mentality that we have today....nothing to be proud about or brag about....age does not make one wise...wake up....

Anonymous said...

So many people have been lied to, cheated, stolen from and deceived on a continual basis, and of course this causes people to not trust others. The young people are starting to find out they are being lied to and brainwashed. However we who are older have also been lied to and brainwashed our whole lives. What we want to do is we want to override this corrupt government that is trying to steer us into hell with them, who are engineering our weather with chemtrails, poisoning our food, skys, water, etc. and we want to create our own societies of honest, productive. positive people who want to live naturally the way God intended for us to live. Selah!

Anonymous said...

Unless you are a vegetable, then yes age does make you wiser, however in your case it is evident as you get older you will probably not get wiser.

reverendess said...

Hello, did you say "elect"? Dream on. They put in whoever (whichever puppet or yes man) they damn well please. I saw with my own eyes what they did to Ron Paul in Reno in 2008.