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There's a similar gulf between people who support "more government assistance for people on low incomes" (popular) and people who support "more welfare" (unpopu
by crdoconnor 11y ago
There's a similar gulf between people who support "more government assistance for people on low incomes" (popular) and people who support "more welfare" (unpopular).
I think certain words are given negative/positive associations by the media and those overtones have a lot more impact if you're only spending 4 seconds per question than if you're really thinking about it.
- tsotha 11y ago>There's a similar gulf between people who support "more government assistance for people on low incomes" (popular) and people who support "more welfare" (unpopular). Those are not the same thing, though. Someone with a low income has a job, presumably.
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- crdoconnor 11y agoActually it was "government assistance for the poor" - not low incomes - that rated highly on polls, which presumably includes people without jobs. My mistake.