Im under 55 which means Im screwed for Social Security. Oh well….

Good lord, did MikeB actually write that?

The problem with question 6 isn’t that it’s not straightforward, it’s that it ignores the inherent contradiction with question 1. If the US ever adopted the kind of unqualified balanced-budget amendment described in question 1, it would never be able to afford to take any effective military action against Iran.

I apologize for the harsh words but I’m done with this thread. As the elected represetative, the “complexities” are Mr. Griffith’s job to deal with. The survey’s purpose is to give him feedback on general issues and the questions are specific enough to do that as I pointed out above.

Obviously comprehension isn’t one of your strongest qualities is it? The question is “Do you support military action”… seems pretty straight forward to me. The survey is to get his constituents feedback on general issues, it’s his job as their elected representative to make the final decision. Enough said….

“do you support or oppose me taking $10 out of your wallet?” OPPOSE!!!

But what if I told you that $10 was going to result it long-term benefits in your electricity bill?? SUPPORT!!

The problem with Dan’s column (which, by the way Mr. Casey, I thought was fantastic) is that he used complex, intellectual humor (eg, sarcasm and hyperbole) to make a point and skipped a few steps along the way. Given your responses, and the continued attempts to explain the concept to you, he has thereby proven his point…that no amount of dicing it up into simpler pieces would have worked any better. Simple “support or oppose this thing which I know you already don’t like” isn’t going to gather any information. Each of those questions, like the one I posed above, is very complex.

What is “action” against Iran? How can I know if I support or oppose such a vague concept…aren’t we already taking “action”? Does he mean BOMBING? OMG I don’t know if we should BOMB them…so do I support, or oppose? I just don’t know!”

What other options exist than coal mining? Maybe I support this…if there are no other options…maybe I oppose…I just don’t know!

And so on. The problem with the right in the current state of affairs is they paint everything black and white. Do you or don’t you. Are you for or against. Almost NOTHING is that cut and dried. Everything is shades of grey. “up or down” doesn’t even begin to get at the complexities.

And why would even the biased persona ask this when in fact we ARE buying less from the ME and exporting more?

LOL

And MikeB…mine was better.

___ Support ___ Oppose

“Do you support or oppose more firearm restrictions that only affect law abiding citizens and have no affect on keeping guns out the hands of criminals”?

___ Support ___ Oppose

“Do you support buying more oil from the middle east, increasing our dependence on foreign governments?

__ Support ___ Oppose

Do you support or oppose higher taxes on more unnecessary government regulation?

__ Support ___ Oppose