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Texan Carl Loya says, "I don't trust a single person in office today. Add to that the media. I think every newspaper writer; radio and TV reporter is a fraud. They don't even know the difference between a lie and the truth."

The Gallup organization seems to agree with Loya. It says," The long-term trends of Gallup's honesty and ethics survey, reveal a growing skepticism among the American public regarding the ethics of news professionals. That survey found only 21% of the public believes journalists are honest or ethical. It finds that 16% of the public has any trust in newspaper reporters and only 21% of the citizens believe TV reporters have high ethical standards.

Americans also have little trust in stockbrokers. Only 6% of the public gives them the benefit of their complete trust. Real estate agents, insurance agents, financial advisors and bankers are completely trusted by an average of only 14% of the population.

On the plus side, however, are doctors, dentists and nurses who have the trust of their patients in the mid 90% range.

In organizational trust, the United States Armed Forces still maintains an approval and trust ranking in excess of 80%, the highest rating given to any organized body in the country. This high level of trust comes, even though the military is held in contempt by the far left and is savaged regularly by the media.

The first person quoted in this article is John Boring. The retired Marine had another observation that fits in with the feelings expressed by other Americans.

He said, "I really didn't know what my feelings were until I was asked. I was a bit surprised at my answer but that's exactly how I feel and I don't think I would be alone in those feelings. You know what's really bad, is that I wasn't like this not too many years back. I grew up as a very trusting soul, I believed in everything and everyone... and gradually, one by one, all the things I trusted in were proven to be false an untrustworthy. Government has totally eroded any trust I ever had and I'd punch in the nose any politician who knocked on my door these days."

So...back to that stimulus bill that the vast majority of Americans hate. It is inching closer and closer to law and a debt that even our grandchildren will be unable to pay down to a reasonable level. The American public has said it doesn't want this huge pork pie, but the politicos we hold in such low esteem demand we eat it. They can't see the truth that is right in front of them. What Americans really want is to have their trust back. With the ability to trust, everything would seek its own level and the country would be on the right track again.

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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