Even though plenty of information is available, it's interesting that a recent poll revealed that "by a two-to-one margin, likely voters in the Nov. 2 midterm elections think taxes have gone up, the economy has shrunk, and the billions lent to banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program won’t be recovered."I encourage you to check out Library Juice blog where I came across this Bloomberg National Poll statistic reported by the Washington Post.
The report states, for example, "Even a plurality of Democrats, 43 percent, holds this misperception. Overall, 63 percent of those who earn $25,000 to $49,999 say taxes have gone up, compared with 45 percent of those who earn $100,000 or more."
In fact, taxes have been cut by $240 billion for the middle class since 2009.
Admittedly, informing people's perceptions takes a lot more than publishing information. Information literacy has to include information-seeking and reading. Or are the majority of those polled paying attention only to mis-informed news?
If you were in Obama's administration, what do you think it would take to overcome this very real-world challenge where facts and beliefs remain at odds?
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