The revolution against big government is under way.

Get this: Seventy-one percent of Americans polled in late January said they consider the federal government a special interest group. Seventy percent said government and big business “typically work together in ways that hurt consumers and investors,” according to Rasmussen Reports. Sharing those views was a majority of all voter groups — Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated, or independent.

Those sentiments show why nearly 60 percent of voters in a January poll said cutting taxes is a better way to create jobs than increasing government spending — as in one humongous “stimulus” bill after another. But 72 percent of the same voters said elected politicians are more likely to hike spending than cut taxes — business as usual in Washington under the Democrats. Yet even 50 percent of the Democrats in the poll favored cutting taxes over more spending.

As for President Obama’s assertion that his administration has cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans, only 21 percent of voters accepted that as fact. In contrast, nearly half the voters expect their taxes to increase during this administration. Nor do most voters believe the economy is growing again.

People are angry at the federal government’s policies and do not believe either Democrats or Republicans even understand what needs to be done. Scott Rasmussen, president of the polling firm, said: “The American people don’t want to be governed from the left, the right or the center. The American people want to govern themselves.”

That’s the message being sent. Will it get through to both major parties?