Sunday, March 14, 2010

Idiot of the Week: Zogby

It's not as if there's ever a shortage for Idiots of the Week. Or that the competition isn't fierce. But the Zogby polling group won for a survey they mailed out Saturday morning which included the following:

Last month, the President proposed raising taxes on U.S. companies who do business overseas. The higher taxes would significantly increase the operating costs that these companies must pay. This additional burden would make it even harder to compete in the global marketplace against companies based in countries where the taxes are lower and overhead costs like health care are paid for by the government. Would you support or oppose changes to the U.S. tax code that would hurt American companies trying to compete internationally?



Do you catch the problem? They want you to answer yes or not to "Would you support or oppose changes . . ." Yes, I would support or oppose? No, I would not support or oppose? If the purpose of the question was to elict a "Not sure" because yes or no would not answer the question, then well done, James Zogby!