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| Poll: New low for government trust |
| 2013-09-14 |
| [POLITICO] Less than half of Americans trust the government to handle problems, a all-time low, according to a new poll. Just 49 percent of Americans said they had a great deal or fair amount of confidence in the federal government to handle international problems, according to a Gallup poll released Friday. The previous low was 51 percent in 2007. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Appears to me some folks who are dependent on a GIvernment check are starting to get better at math. Watching Detroit, California and Chicago drift to 3rd world status I suspect the poll numbers will drop even further. At what poll number does DC turn into Cairo? |
| Posted by: Airandee 2013-09-14 16:27 |
| #1 When one thinks of gov't, especially poor gov't, we tend to think in terms of elected officials. The real danger lies not in elected officials who can be eventually voted out. The real danger lies in career civil servants such as the IRS's Lois Lerner who cannot easily be gotten rid of. People like Lerner tend to rapidly multiply. When indolence, greed, and incompetence become institutionalized in vast numbers, recovery is quite difficult if not hopeless. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-14 02:09 |