Results from a survey conducted by the Pew Research Foundation published in an article titled "Distrust, Discontent, Anger and Partisan Rancor" deserves another look as we try to sort through this very politically hostile, economically unstable, and morally deficient climate. The report, published on April 18, 2010 proposed the following:
By almost every conceivable measure Americans are less positive and more critical of government these days. A new Pew Research Center survey finds a perfect storm of conditions associated with distrust of government – a dismal economy, an unhappy public, bitter partisan-based backlash, and epic discontent with Congress and elected officials.
Rather than an activist government to deal with the nation’s top problems, the public now wants government reformed and growing numbers want its power curtailed. With the exception of greater regulation of major financial institutions, there is less of an appetite for government solutions to the nation’s problems – including more government control over the economy – than there was when Barack Obama first took office.
This article then and still is now, a MUST read for any one who is trying to make sense out of a world that more and more is making very little.
For access to the article click on the following link: http://people-press.org/report/606/trust-in-government or the title of this blog post.
