Trust in government: 1958-2015

[Chris]

Trust in government: 1958-2015 in some graphs and data...

[Common]

Trust in Govt and the Media is in the toilet and they earned that spot

[midcan5]

"The poor object to being governed badly; the rich to being governed at all." G.K. Chesterton

Wanna understand read.

"Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" Jane Mayer

'Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal' Kim Phillips-Fein

'The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted' by Mike Lofgren

[Chris]

"The poor object to being governed badly; the rich to being governed at all." G.K. Chesterton

Wanna understand read.

"Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" Jane Mayer

'Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal' Kim Phillips-Fein

'The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted' by Mike Lofgren

And yet Poor Americans are less likely to vote and more likely to distrust government, study shows.

[Newpublius]

Trust in government: 1958-2015 in some graphs and data...

Interesting segment with OReilly/Krauthammer where Krauthammer essentially discusses this and notes gow its a two way street on the issue, ie Trump points to Bush lying about Iraq.

Its very true of course and ultimately this issue is the single biggest issue facing the country overall and it goes to the very heart of the legitimacy of the government itself. When it exists, it loes on a foundation where we don't even notice its there but when its not there, the country starts coming apart at the seems and that's exactly what's happening.

[Chris]

Interesting segment with OReilly/Krauthammer where Krauthammer essentially discusses this and notes gow its a two way street on the issue, ie Trump points to Bush lying about Iraq.

Its very true of course and ultimately this issue is the single biggest issue facing the country overall and it goes to the very heart of the legitimacy of the government itself. When it exists, it loes on a foundation where we don't even notice its there but when its not there, the country starts coming apart at the seems and that's exactly what's happening.

The issue is the fading trust in a government that conversely grows more and more powerful.