In the USA Today, found in the Opinion section is an article, titled “Americans Short on Reasons to Trust: Column” written by Glenn Harlan Reynolds. This article points out and backs up with valid reason why the citizens of America find it hard to trust our own government.
When you look at it, Reynolds brings up some significantly strong points and reasons to show for a lack of trust from the American citizens for the government. I think that I agree with everything he said in this article and when he talked about the CDC and Secret Service being in the top of the trusted areas of the government until recently, I was far from hesitant to agree. I say this for a few reasons, some of which he discussed in his article as well; the security breaches in and at the white house, the prostitution mess that was going on with the Secret Service in 2012 and now with the Ebola outbreak. There have been cover ups and lies and as always, we the people are only given what the news and or government wants us to know.
As I discussed in a previous post about the security breach at the White House, if we can’t count on the Secret Service to thoroughly protect our president and tell him the truth of what is going on and when it is going on, how can we trust the government to tell us “dumb citizens” the truth and keep us accurately informed? Lastly, I have to agree when he quotes Matthew Continetti in saying, “It is not Ebola I am afraid of. It is our government's ability to deal with Ebola.
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