The out of touch 1%

Matt Ridley has some fascinating polls which compares views amongst the top 1% of American earners, Ivy League graduates and all Americans. It shows that the top 1% are in fact very left wing with elitist views that the public can’t be trusted.

So 47% of the elite 1% think there is too much individual freedom as do 55% of Ivy League graduates. This compares to 16% for all Americans.

An astonishing 77% of the elite 1% favour rationing of gas, meat and electricity!

They love lawyers, unions leaders, journalists etc.

A whopping 84% of the elite 1% approve e of Joe Biden, despite the fact he appears to have died.

The elite and the Ivy Leaguers love banning things.