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Firstly Cyberianpan doesn't believe that US people have a monopoly on stupidity - and that some similar problem to this could be demonstrated in Ireland

A Gallup poll from a week back asked 2 questions that were pretty much the same... and got very different answers:





I don't think the above just applies to polling - I rather suspect it'd apply to general elections also ? (though perhaps in a weakened form)

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cyberianpan talks in the third person

all that really shows you is that approx. 19% of people polled dont know what nationalizing means
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Americans equate the word 'nationalization' with socialism/communism, something they have been brainwashed into having a reflex action against.
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In order to make Ireland more competitive would you prefer the government to:

a) Reduce costs on businesses
or
b) Get involved in a 'race to the bottom'

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