Bipartisan policy center poll, we want to hear your thoughts. We split our lines up i age this morning. Those 1829 can call in at you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social pages, on twitter and facebook, or e mail us. A very good monday morning to you. We want to take you to the front page of the usa today, the headline to show you a bit of the results come the percentage who say participating in the political process in the most important or very or very important things in their lives, those 1829, 39 said it was one of the most important or very important things. Those 30 and older, 53 said it was one of the most important or very important things in their lives. Thisll take you through story this morning and some of the results of that poll. Our phone lines are open, and we want to hear from you on this subject. Our Facebook Page already has a few comments on the question, is politics the best avenue for Public Service . Our phone lines are open. They are split up by age. 1829yearolds i will read you little bit more a the usa today story quote from congressman aaron schock, republican of illinois that convinces some of the nations ablest people, especially those starting out, that they do not want run for office or work the government at any level. Government and politics are likely to work even less well, presumably prompting perceptions to fall even further. Calls are coming in already. We will go to michael from ridgewood, new york, on our 30 and older line. Good morning to you pretty is politics good morning to you. Is politics the best avenue for Public Service . Caller thank you for taking my call. I find politics to be completely dysfunctional. Unfortunately, i find most nonprofit organizations to be untrustworthy. Moneyeos are making more than the president of the united stat, their contribution to the public good, i consider that almost corruption. Thank you for taking my call. I will take my comments off the air. Host michael from ridgewood, new york. David is from florida on our 30 and older line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Most of these people get into government work for the benefits, the retirement, on the other duties. If you think about politics, poly is latin for many. Are bloodsucking parasites. That is all i have to say. Host david from florida. Jody writes in on twitter some more from that poll this morning, views of government, the percentage of folks who say they trust the government in washington to do what is right, those who say just about always trust the government to do what is right is just 4 . Those who say most of the time to do what is right is 17 . Those who say the government, they trust the government only some of the time to do what is right, succeed four percent. That is the largest sphere. 64 . Who say they trust that is the largest sphere. Those who say they trust the government none of the time, that is 13 . Those surveyed are most interested in owning their own 46 they would be extremely or very interested in that, slightly more than one third embrace for the idea of working for a Small Business or nonprofit. Only one in five expressed strong interest in working for the government or a Large Corporation or serving in the military. At the bottom is being unelected official working for one, drawing a lot of interest from about one in 10 folks. The story goes on to ask, why do so few want to run . In response to an open ended question, the top reason cited by those ready and older is they decided those 30 and older is they decided it would be to timeconsuming. For those under 30, the top reason is that politics is vicious and nasty. We are taking your thoughts on the survey and what the best avenue is for Public Service, see that being an important part of your life. We will go to gerald from delaware on our 30 and over line. Good morning. Caller how are you doing . Host good. Caller there is one reason that these politicians get away with what they get away with. There is no accountability. It seems like they are monarchs sitting on the throne somewhere. You see this civil unrest around the globe from Different Countries where the people have just gotten fed up so much with their politicians. I fear that this is going to happen to our country if our politicians do not do what is right. We are all doomed. Thank you, sir. Host thank you for the call. Alice is from kalamazoo, michigan on our 30 and over line. Good morning. Caller what i think about politics is that our senators and our congressmen, once they get elected, the whole world is theirs. They sell our world out to all of the businesses. Host you told us you are 80 years old. What is your thoughts on young people and their feelings and souring on running for office . Is this something that concerns you looking back through your years . Caller yes, it does pretty think the biggest contributor it does. I think the biggest contributor to that is all the cell phones and email and texting. It has taken that emotions and caring for the world. Can yell at people over a text or telephone and not even have to look at their face. Host you think that has contributed to a lack of desire of going into politics or to run for office . Caller it may not be a lack of desire, but it has something that has taken the place. Host alice, thank you for the call. Story highlights a few stories of individual young people as they go through their there is ats picture along with the story we will take you through a few of the folks that were highlighted in the front page talking usa today, about this new poll and the Bipartisan Policy Center. We are taking your calls on politics. Is it the best avenue for Public Service . Paul is from seattle, washington on our 30 and older line. Caller good morning. I think most young people do not want to be do not want to go into politics because they are not. Enough American Christians they are not pure enough American Christians to go into politics. Host young people in general are not . Caller no, they are not. Host why do you say that . Caller because they drink and smoke and fornicate and commit violence. American politicians should be pure christians. Young people are not even pure enough christians to qualify for american to be an american politician. Host you think only pure christians should run for office . What about other religions or people who practice other faiths . Did we lose you . All right, we will move on to dexter from New Hampshire on our under 30 line. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. Host your thoughts on politics is it the best avenue for Public Service, and is Public Service something that is important to young people these days . Caller there were a lot of comments about how politicians are corrupt and that is the reason why you should not serve because you get into office and you are a monarch. But i do not think that the issue with our government, especially congress, is that they are corrupt, but that they are ideologues. Your ideas are holding up progress. Host dexter, talk about those who are under 30, and what you think when you see your peers, how important Public Service is to them. Is this something that people feel like they need to contribute to in some way . Caller i am at a college, university of New Hampshire. It is very politically polarized to one side. I think there is a shared thought that it is a corrupt field, something you should not go into. Think that is also incorrect. I served on a local planning board. I certainly have not discovered anything that proves that there is some sinfulness going on at our local or national governments. Host thanks for the call, dexter. Wr wrightson on twitter ites in on twitter we are taking your thoughts and calls this morning on twitter, on facebook. Our phone lines are split up by age groups. On this subject of Public Service, one man who was known for Public Service turned 90 today that is bob dole. There is an opinion piece written by pat roberts, the republican member of the u. S. Senate from kansas, that talks about bob doles Public Service. I want to take you through pat roberts commentary on bob doles 90th birthday if you want to read more on the occasion of bob doles 90th birthday from pat roberts, that is in todays opinion section of the Washington Times. We will go to louise, calling in on our 30 or older line. Think you for the call this morning. Politics, is it the best avenue for Public Service . Caller a previous caller said that we need more fewer christians. Its not forget pure christians. Lets not forget that our last evangelical christian president george bush lied us into a war. Mark twain said the best people are in washington because they can be bought by money. Campaignpresident ial proved that corporations shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars to get romney in office, but by the same token, these corporations would not help president obama create jobs. Politicians do not listen to what the people want. 90 of americans want common sense gun regulations, but the politicians, they cater to the extremes, the nra, and the gun lobby. Host that is louise from boca raton, florida. A few more tweets one other tweet that poll stats from from usa today and the Bipartisan Policy Center, which is actually holding a forum on the subject, a Town Hall Forum exploring the changing attitudes towards Public Service on tuesday at the National Constitution center in philadelphia. They released a few more results of that nationwide poll of 1071 adults. 27 by ataken june 24 republican pollster and democratic ulster. Pollster. We will take you through some of the stories and results of that poll, but we will go now to dennis from maryland on our 30 and over line. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. Thank you for the opportunity. Encourage good young people to venture into politics. That is the only way we are going to be able to battle the socalled tea party. So dangerouss are for this country. We need this next generation behind us. I think we do. We have some very sharp young people out there. They are getting into politics and following, especially minority once like me, following the president of the United States. When i was younger, i could not imagine having a black president , and we see how fortunate and how blessed we are to have this man at this time. Listen to the speech he gave a couple of days ago on the Trayvon Martin situation. Host using to indicate that young folks are more inclined to the democratic party. Why do you say that . Caller number one, let me put it to you this way when i was their age, when i was in my 20s, we do not have all of this , theology, the phones internet and everything. The world is coming together. Under the banner of politics. You cannot stop it. Simply because of the technology. The tea party, they are obsolete. They do not know it. I guess a few of them realize it, but they are obsolete because of the technology. For ourbright future young people coming up if they do not destroy the world with chemicals what am i trying to fracking and that kind of thing. I am optimistic it optimistic. Host a little bit more from the story. Was taken by usa today and the Bipartisan Policy Center we will go to our 30 and underline. John is from santa fe, new mexico. Good morning to you. Let me get your thoughts on this idea of a mandatory year of Public Service for those 1825 25. D 18 caller i think mandatory service would be good. I think the individual would get to select whether it would be military or volunteering. Special needs individuals or other things. I really was calling about to say that it is discouraging to be young and have an interest in politics when clearly you see if gou are not in one game gan or the other side, your voice may be drowned out, or you may be ignored. That is a big issue. Excuse me. A bad its really is horrible for democracy because if youre not part of the Majority Party or whatever, it is like you do not have a voice. You have a vote, but it is still drowned out. The feelingwhat is of Public Service in general among folks your age . Caller i think a lot of people i would its i would say that a lot of people i have do not have aly big interest in volunteering, as far as, i guess, service would go, military or local soup kitchens or other nonprofit organizations. Host john is from santa fe, new mexico. We will be taking your calls for about the next 25 minutes or so in this segment. We want to bring you some of the other news going on around the country right now. We mentioned at the top that president obama is conducting a series of speeches focused on the economy this week. Here is the big story in todays in an article from the ap last night the president will also speak wednesday at the university of Central Missouri in war and, missouri. Warren, missouri. The hill has more on what president obama is looking to do and why he is making this series of speeches. Is from a story posted last night on the website of the hill that is dan pfeiffer at the white house, one of the president s advisers. We want to show you now, in talking about economic messages, House Speaker john boehner, the republican, was on cbss face the nation and talked about president obamas handling of the economy. [video clip] republicans have a plan for job creation. We have been at this for the last two and a half years. Whether it is making Student Loans more affordable, stopping unnecessary regulations, trying to get our budget deficit under control, all of these things would help get our economy moving again. Normal, slownew economic growth, no increase in available, wages are being basically frozen, we are squeezing the middle class. I would argue that the president s policies are getting in the way of the economy growing, whether it is obamacare, whether it is all of these needless regulations that are coming out of the government , it is getting in the way of the people wanting to invest in our economy. I used to be a Small Businessman could i know how this works. Host that was House Speaker jon cbss face the nation john boehner on cbss face the nation. President obama will travel to the midwest to give a major speech about economic revival, bypassing bankrupt detroit where he has resisted pleas for a federal bailout. That story notes on the same page of the Washington Times today, there is another headline that notes that story in todays Washington Times. On that same subject is an editorial today in the wall the headline of that the editorial goes on to point to philadelphia and chicago as other cities that may the next and ends by saying that is todays the wall street journal. One opposing view on that is an editorial by paul krugman in todays the New York Times you can read more of that editorial in todays the New York Times. Back to this question of politics. Is it the best avenue for Public Service, and is Public Service an important part of young peoples lives . Lets go to bolivia olivia from georgia on our 30 and older line. Caller good morning. Mandatory Public Service for young people, i disagree with that. We are in the land of the free. We are not in communism. Politics, i think young people should do the opposite if they are disillusioned with congress. This is the government we live in. They cannot put their hand in the government. As we look at the stand your ground laws, somebody can pull you in an alley and kill you. That is because we as americans are not paying attention to the laws that were being made. If you feel disillusioned by the government, by politics, it is your duty to serve as well as to throw them out. You do not have to run for office. You can volunteer on a campaign. You can find somebody that you want to represent you and volunteer that way. I do think if you live in the United States that you should feel it is your duty to participate in the political system. If you are disillusioned, you should fight them out, get them out. They have always said that things about politicians, but we the people have to do the opposite and get them out. Host you told us you were 38 years old. How do you feel about the idea of Public Service among under 30, the next generation of folks coming up . Do you agree with the full results that seem to indicate that there is a lack of desire to run for government and maybe contribute in other ways . Know, i am not under 30, as you know, but i have had the same feelings because i have tried to volunteer in the political arena, and they say they want people to volunteer or to be involved, but they are very clickish. They try to run people away from participating in the political system. They are threatened. People do not stay in office 30 40 years because they want other people to be involved in the political system. Host are they threatened by anyone, or are they specifically threatened by young people . Caller who does not think like they think. Myself mostly a democrat, but i am not sure abortion. For abortion. There are a lot of things, if youre not down with them, they want you out. There is no place you can go. Ok, justy, i thought, let the younger people you know what . Im going to find an issue i am against abortion i might work on that issue. You can pour that into the political system as well. It seems like things are moving so badly where you will eit