Poll: Americans Like Free Markets More than Capitalism and Socialism More Than a Govt Managed Economy
From the Article:
"A recent Reason-Rupe poll asked Americans to rate their favorability towards capitalism, socialism, a free market economy, and a government managed economy. Americans have the most favorable reaction to free markets (69%), followed by capitalism (55%), socialism (36%), and coming in last was a government managed economy (30%).
Fully 66 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of an economy managed by the government while 58 percent have a negative view of socialism. Only 21 percent reported a negative opinion of free markets but nearly double that, 38 percent, have a negative view of capitalism."
Now for the good part. The Pollsters determined that the Americans that liked socialism didn't know the meaning of the word. They thought it meant Government goodies to the impoverished. Education works so well.
"A recent Reason-Rupe poll asked Americans to rate their favorability towards capitalism, socialism, a free market economy, and a government managed economy. Americans have the most favorable reaction to free markets (69%), followed by capitalism (55%), socialism (36%), and coming in last was a government managed economy (30%).
Fully 66 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of an economy managed by the government while 58 percent have a negative view of socialism. Only 21 percent reported a negative opinion of free markets but nearly double that, 38 percent, have a negative view of capitalism."
Now for the good part. The Pollsters determined that the Americans that liked socialism didn't know the meaning of the word. They thought it meant Government goodies to the impoverished. Education works so well.
