Something that I’m assuming is supposed to come as some sort of surprise to us, although for the life of me I can’t imagine why, especially after more than four years of Barry, is the fact that only a third of U.S. adults say they are very happy. Minorities, a very substantial percentage of which, who decided to troop off to the polls for the specific purpose of voting for their hero, Barry, show particularly pronounced declines in the past two years, or so a U.S. survey would seem to indicate. As far as I’m concerned, they have no reason to be unhappy, they got what they asked for.
A Harris Poll of 2,345 U.S. adults surveyed online April 10-15 by Harris Interactive found that certain groups, such as minorities, recent graduates and the disabled, all trended downward, regarding their level of happiness, in just the last couple of years. Again, these are all little groups who thought that it would be just oh so cute, to re-elect Barry. Well as my dear old dad uses to say, what goes around, comes around. Seventy-one percent of Hispanics voted for Barry "Almighty", that’s just a fact, and now they want to cry over spilt milk? Too bad, so sad.
"Our happiness index offers insight into what's on the minds of Americans today and is a reflection of the state of affairs in our country," Regina Corso, senior vice president of the Harris Poll, said in a statement. "While the attitudes on the economy may be improving, we're seeing that this is not translating into an improvement in overall happiness." To think that the economy is improving is a pipe dream. Today we have more people than ever before receiving some sort of government assistance, and we have the smallest number in the workforce since WWII, that’s also a fact!
Since last measured, roughly two years ago, the Happiness Index was especially low among the Hispanic-American population. It seems to be Ms. Corso’s opinion that, while a causal link cannot be established, it might not be a coincidence that this drop coincides with a political landscape that has seen frequent, sometimes contentious, discussion of immigration policy in recent months. If that is in fact the case here, then I would call into question the priorities of those who make up this specific community. And maybe they need to be re-evaluated.
Americans earning under $50,000 per year were less likely to qualify as very happy than in 2011 -- down from 33 percent to 29 percent among those earning less than $35,000, and from 35 percent to 32 percent among those earning between $35,000-$49,999. Those 50 and older were more likely to be very happy than younger people. Thirty-two percent of political independents were less likely to qualify as very happy than members of either the Democratic or Republican parties at 35 percent each. No margin of error was provided.
And yet, despite the fact that so many members of these groups seem to be so unhappy, they don’t seem to be unhappy ‘enough’ to vote for someone other than a Democrat. Because come next the election they will, most likely, once again, and very cheerfully so, go vote for their favorite Democrat candidate. And yet, somehow, it’s the fault of the Republican Party that these people are so stupid as to keep voting for the one party who’s most responsible for actually preventing them from moving up the income ladder and gaining some level of happiness.
So excuse me here if any sympathy that I might have had for these folks is nonexistent! Because as far as I’m concerned, they’ve brought it all on themselves. But I’ll be honest with you, what does really piss me off is the fact that their need to vote for Democrats has also had an adverse impact on MY level of happiness. Folks are going to have to come to some sort of a decision. Do they ever want to be happy or are they content to merely exist as parasites and dependent on the government? Because going down that road is not going to lead to happiness.
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