Americans support measured and reasonable policies. The ones presented politically are often unreasonable and relatively extreme, or try to smuggle in fringe id

Americans support measured and reasonable policies. The ones presented politically are often unreasonable and relatively extreme, or try to smuggle in fringe ideological objectives that have little to do with the nominal problem. This is where the perception that the political class is not serious about these problems comes from. Just because people want solutions to these problems doesn't mean they will support stupid or wasteful policies to address them.