Two Sets Of Rules...And Everyone Knows It

I often chant about how liberals enforce two entirely different sets of rules, one for them and one for the peons like you and me. Well, Rasmussen recently did a poll about that exact question, and here's what they found:

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of American adults believe that when members of Congress meet with regulators and other government officials, they do so to help their friends and hurt their political opponents. In a solid display of agreement across party lines, a majority of Democrats, Republicans and those unaffiliated with either major party share this view.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 19% disagree and believe that their elected officials try to achieve a fair result in such meetings. Twenty-two percent (22%) of adults are not sure.

In a related finding, 60% of Americans say most politicians will break the rules to help people who gave them large campaign contributions. Just 19% say most politicians would refrain from breaking the law. This comes on top of earlier polling data showing that just 15% believe most members of Congress pay all the taxes they owe.

I thought this was particularly interesting:

Government employees are more likely than others to think that members of Congress meet with government officials to help friends and hurt opponents. Seventy-four percent (74%) of those on the public payroll hold that view, while only 10% believe the legislators meet to get a fair results.

Apparently they know something due to being on the inside. Finally -- and this is no surprise, really -- the Congressional approval rating is still in the 'cratered' condition where it has been for months:

Just 12% of voters say Congress is doing a good or excellent job, and 54% rate their performance as poor in a Rasmussen Reports survey released last week. This is drop of two points in the positive column and a jump of seven in the poor category compared to two weeks ago, which marked Congress’ highest marks in a year.

Yeah, um, when your highest mark in a year is 14%, you just plain suck.

But I'm guessing they'll still somehow achieve new record lows sometime in the next two years.

There's my two cents.