Distrust in government: An ideas whose time has come
Free Market News Network
by Michael Cloud
07/17/07
Americans distrust government. Increasing numbers of Americans believe that government is untrustworthy. That government cannot or will not do the right thing. That government is unreliable. Gallup Polling (June, 2007) found that 46% of us distrust the presidency. Not just our current president. The presidency. How many strongly trust the presidency? Only 25%. 39% of us distrust Congress. How many strongly trust Congress? Only 14%. Depending on the phrasing of questions asked by polling organizations, the level of distrust of government varies. But in almost all of the polls distrust of government is rising. A lot...
http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/232/8209/cloud.asp?nid=8209&wid=232
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Michael Cloud
07/17/07
Americans distrust government. Increasing numbers of Americans believe that government is untrustworthy. That government cannot or will not do the right thing. That government is unreliable. Gallup Polling (June, 2007) found that 46% of us distrust the presidency. Not just our current president. The presidency. How many strongly trust the presidency? Only 25%. 39% of us distrust Congress. How many strongly trust Congress? Only 14%. Depending on the phrasing of questions asked by polling organizations, the level of distrust of government varies. But in almost all of the polls distrust of government is rising. A lot...
http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/232/8209/cloud.asp?nid=8209&wid=232
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 18. Jul, 12:48
