[lbo-talk] issues that matter

[Doug Henwood]

Interesting piece from Pew at <http://pewresearch.org/obdeck/? 
ObDeckID=32>. It leads by pointing out that the public isn't  
clamoring for a flag-burning amendment (though with no other issue is  
there such a wide difference of opinion by educational attainment).  
Of 19 issues they polled about, flag burning was rated "very  
important" by 49% of the public - below the environment and the  
minimum wage, and 15 points above gay marriage. At the top of the  
list were some serious things - education, the economy, health care,  
Social Security, Iraq, terrorism, taxes, jobs, energy, all of which  
scored over 64%. Some of the Reps key issues, and the features of  
their idiotic summer social agenda, come in under 50% (flag burning,  
inheritance tax, abortion, gay marriage).

Doug