Charted: How Americans Feel About Federal Government Agencies
Fourteen of 16 federal government agencies garnered more favorable responses than unfavorable ones. But what were the outliers?
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How Americans feel about federal government agencies
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I work for the EPA and the reception we get is 100% colored by the reason you're interacting with us. You're either happy we're in your community or we're part of the problem and IN your community.
I'm happy to see it had one of the highest "not sure" rates, though..
I assumed it's because of FAFSA and student loans?
I'm surprised how high the SSA is. It seems like every time I've talked with someone about it, they're highlighting their negative experience with eligibility determinations or something like that. Same with VA.
Good to see the National Park Service back in high esteem. They took a beating for a while there, with certain crowds dubbing them "pine pigs" because they didn't let people start fires and shit.
That's far better than I expected.
The Department of Education has been a bogeyman for the GOP for quite sometime.
I don't see my agency there… that's a good sign!
HHS is more unfavorable than I expected. Surprised IRS isn't EA levels of unliked.
HHS is more unfavorable than I expected. Surprised IRS isn't EA levels of unliked.
Damn IRS kinda got people in their feelings
The game did a good job on that for me
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The federal reserve isn't a defacto government agency. It's a centralized bank created by a government order. The government nor the people it represents do not own the federal reserve. It's owned by national and state chartered banks that appoint their own presidents that are overseen by federal appointed governors. The best answer you'll get is it's an "independent government entity" but that doesn't seem to really tell the whole truth concerning whose interests are being served the greatest concerning the monetary policy and influence the entity wields.
It's a whole other topic to say how at this point the current government needs the fed, or how the economy needs the Fed to continue to prop up the government, or how any real changes to the government would first need changes to it's dependence on the Fed.
It's a whole other topic to say how at this point the current government needs the fed, or how the economy needs the Fed to continue to prop up the government, or how any real changes to the government would first need changes to it's dependence on the Fed.
*standing on a soapbox*
Americans wouldn't be so annoyed by the IRS if we actually consistently funded it!
It's true! The tax police are actually a big boon to America!
Americans wouldn't be so annoyed by the IRS if we actually consistently funded it!
It's true! The tax police are actually a big boon to America!
Curious if the FBI is above the CIA due to goodwill from X-Files fans.
I feel like it's probably a thing getting attacked from both the left and the right. Both sides want it more in their camp so neither are happy with it.
I feel like it's probably a thing getting attacked from both the left and the right. Both sides want it more in their camp so neither are happy with it.
Surprised IRS isn't lower tbh. We got a whole industry to do people's taxes just because of how complex it can be for some people.
NASA is a surprisingly bipartisan effort, I think conservatives took a lot of pride in what the Apollo missions represented, big time America #1 vibes. Then of course there's the jobs and invaluable spin off technologies that came along with it, and the fact that space is awesome.
The disapprovals are coming from flat earthers and Apollo deniers, basically just the extreme end of anti govt folk.
It's much older than that. The FBI has worked to make them the "good guys" in the American psyche since Hoover.
