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Is the Federal government a good value?

August 28, 2012

A Kaiser Foundation survey asked folks:

Thinking about all that the Federal government does for you, do you think that you get more or less value than what you pay in taxes?

The results

  • Less than 10% said that they got more value than what they paid in taxes.
  • About 1/3 thought they got about the right value for taxes paid
  • More than half of the respondents said that they got less value than what they paid in taxes.

Of course, the last finding is most interesting since it’s a majority … and since about half of the folks don’t pay any income taxes.

Hmmm

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What’s the government’s GPA?

August 27, 2012

A Kaiser Foundation survey asked folks to grade the government on a traditional A to F grading scale.

Back in 2000, the government scored a “gentleman’s C” … GPA = 2.07.

In the past decade, the GPA has dropped to 1.63 … a C-minus / D-plus.

Hmmm.

Isn’t that probationary at most b-schools?

 

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