You have to realize that the way you construct the poll determines what the response is. It's just simply cognitive psychology.
If I asked: How much should we raise the taxes in order to fund more police and intelligence officers? 1)1% 2)2% 3)5% 4)10% 5)more than 10%
I'm basically saying you can't raise taxes LESS than 1%.
And the way people think, they are so dumb, they'll say, hey 1% isn't enough money why not go for something like 5%, it sounds more reasonable, when in fact that is a ludicrous amount!
Oh well, like my roommate says. The first basic rule of human interaction is that humans are stupid.
I agree with Katz, surprisingly, but I do find that he has some problems with his statement. I don't think there is such a thing as 'post-WTC attack'. We've always lived in a world that has terrorists, it's just that America has been fortunate enough not to have to deal with too much of it (unlike some other countries). I don't think we need to take any liberties away, we only need to re-evaluate what is needed to make the intelligence gathering easier when certain giveaway signals are given.
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You have to realize that the way you construct the poll determines what the response is. It's just simply cognitive psychology.
If I asked: How much should we raise the taxes in order to fund more police and intelligence officers? 1)1% 2)2% 3)5% 4)10% 5)more than 10%
I'm basically saying you can't raise taxes LESS than 1%.
And the way people think, they are so dumb, they'll say, hey 1% isn't enough money why not go for something like 5%, it sounds more reasonable, when in fact that is a ludicrous amount!
Oh well, like my roommate says. The first basic rule of human interaction is that humans are stupid.
I agree with Katz, surprisingly, but I do find that he has some problems with his statement. I don't think there is such a thing as 'post-WTC attack'. We've always lived in a world that has terrorists, it's just that America has been fortunate enough not to have to deal with too much of it (unlike some other countries). I don't think we need to take any liberties away, we only need to re-evaluate what is needed to make the intelligence gathering easier when certain giveaway signals are given.