Is the biggest problem we are facing in the United States today the fact that the American people cannot trust their own government?
There seems to be a growing bipartisan distrust of government, each for their own reasons. This isn't a 'Trump' thing or an 'Obama' thing. Regardless of who is in power, we don't feel we can trust our President, we can't trust our intelligence agencies, we can't trust the various 'departments' to do their job for the American people rather than for their own interests.
The federal government over the past twenty or thirty years has lost the trust of the American people. Is this reasonable? And how can the federal government get it back?
harpertara2017-03-07T16:30:59Z
I think you are completely right. The only way I really see trust being won back is a total revamp of congress. Pretty much kick everyone who has served more than two term out. Bring in all new blood, no one over 50 can run for office. Get the 'good ol' boys (and girls) OUT of power. The same needs to be true for all government agency heads. Also, bring in third parties, such as Libertarians, Greens, and Independents. Make this a coalition government that has to work together to survive!
The only solution I've ever found is to reduce the size and scope of government. That won't necessarily make government more trustworthy, but it will make it less powerful and less invasive--no matter which party is in control.
This is EXACTLY what the Progressives set out to do in the beginnings of their movement in the US Obama still has many Progressive sycophants planted inside every government agency and department, who remain loyal to tearing down the US Government from inside and replacing it with a Collectivist government which they control.
That's fair. There's long been a perception that politicians aren't in the game to help people, but to line their own pockets. No politician has really gone out of their way to defeat this. They're all party-first types.