The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Just yesterday, I read an article by MSNBC's Steve Benen, titled, "The public has no idea the deficit is shrinking." In a December 2014  Bloomberg Politics Poll , it found that 73% of the public believes the deficit to be getting bigger; 21% believe it to be getting smaller; and 6% are uncertain about the matter. While the deficit increased substantially from 2008 to 2009, largely due to the Great Recession, it decreased slightly in 2010, stayed roughly the same in 2011, and has been steadily decreasing in 2012, 2013, and 2014, to the point where the deficit is near its 2008 level before the Great Recession truly made its impact felt. In the same poll, people were also asked, "On immigration, do you think the Obama administration has sent more or fewer undocumented immigrants back to their home countries compared to ten years ago?" While only 29% said more, 53% said fewer, and 18% said they weren't sure. Once again, the opposite is true. Sadly, I find ...