The Patriot Post® · Gallup: Americans' Faith in Government at Historic Low

Just before Barack Obama’s speech on ISIL, Gallup found an interesting problem for the commander in chief: “Americans’ trust in the federal government to handle international problems has fallen to a record-low 43%.” But the problems aren’t limited to foreign policy. “Separately, 40% of Americans say they have a ‘great deal’ or ‘fair amount’ of trust in the federal government to handle domestic problems, also the lowest Gallup has measured to date.” We have noted this paradox before: Obama’s complete faith in government to solve and heal every problem (the evidence of his “enlightened executive” inheritance from Woodrow Wilson) has destroyed the credibility of that vision through his repeated failures. The best argument against Big Government is Big Government. More…