Pew: Majorities Say Government Does Too Little for Older People, the Poor and the Middle Class

Pew has a new national survey out which shows that overwhelming majorities of Americans oppose conservative economic policies:

“Majorities of Americans say the federal government does not provide enough help for older people (65%), poor people (62%) and the middle class (61%). By contrast, nearly two-thirds (64%) say the government provides too much help for wealthy people.

Opinions are more divided about the amount of help the government provides for younger people: About half (51%) say the government does not do enough for younger people, 29% say the government provides about the right amount of help, while 13% say it provides too much. …

A large majority of Democrats (77%) say the federal government provides too much help to the wealthy. As with views about government help to the poor, Republicans are divided. Nearly half of Republicans (46%) say the federal government provides too much help for wealthy people, 42% say it provides about the right amount, while 6% say it does not provide enough help. …”

Are we being impractical by rejecting and distancing ourselves from Paul Ryan’s donor class agenda? 64% of Americans believe the government does too much to help the wealthy.

BONUS: In other news, Democrats and Independents are losing sympathy for Israel while Republicans are becoming more inclined to obsequious displays of fealty.