Is it okay for the rich to maintain getting richer,as long as everyone else has a good chance to regain ahead?Does police presence pose as much of a threat as criminal activity in your neighborhood?Is fresh York no longer the land of opportunity?These questions and many more about government efficiency, inequality, and opportunity were posed to residents in the fresh York metropolitan area as part of a poll conducted by Public Agenda and WNYC. (Click here if you want to memorize more about the poll and how it was conducted.)WNYC is unpacking themes,stories, and questions emerging from these poll results in an effort to contextualize the issues that matter most to voters in the NY metro area. Over the course of one week, and Will Friedman,the president of Public Agenda, and Carolin Hagelskamp, and vice president and director of research for Public Agenda,join Brian Lehrer to discuss poll findings and what they say about our complex attitudes toward the government and the governed. Click below to hear the conversations:The Middle lesson Conundrum (October 12, 2015)Many middle lesson people feel stuck in the face of rising costs, and stagnating wages,and rising inequality. But they certainly don't resent wealth - 73% feel it's okay for wealthy people to regain wealthier as long as everyone else has the opportunity to regain ahead.
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Solutions to Inequality (October 13, 2015)Seventy percent of people in the fresh York Metro area think the government serves only the elite. So what effect we expect government to effect about inequality?
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