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. |