In what ways do you trust your government?

I do not trust the federal government here in the USA at all. I trusted the last administration.

I trust my state and city governments.

@Hawaii_Jake What do you trust your government to do?

I trust the federal government to make my life miserable in many ways. I also trust them to ruin the planet, if they believe they can make money from the situation.

I trust my local governments to provide me with a good living environment, decent roads, good buses, good schools, etc.

I have no trust in the Federal government at this point and I have never before been a person who felt completely that way.

I trust my government to look after ‘the big end of town’. Big business and the ‘haves’. That’s, unfortunately, their voter base and they haven’t disappointed them yet.

I trust them to fall in behind the US in terms of military action regardless of what the populous may want or regardless of advice they are receiving. I don’t feel any of our current government have the balls to say ‘we don’t support that action’. It’s a worry to me. You should be able to tell allies that you disagree.

I trust them to be more interested in keeping their jobs than taking action, even unpleasant action when required. I feel like my current government is doing absolutely nothing to lead this country into the future. They have no new ideas. They seem totally out-of-touch.

For those of you who do not trust the government at all, what about health care and education? If you do not trust the government, should the government be in the business of health insurance and education?

Health care and education are forced on us. I would like to be without most of both. Neither have helped me as much as It has hurt and hindered me. The education system took my first 18 years of freedom from me and doctors the second 18 years. I Only had three years as a child and that was the only good times.

In as many ways that are reasonable and logical. After all, no one is perfect.

@Rarebear you’re speaking about the government in the abstract, I was speaking of this particular government.

We have universal health care in Australia @rarebear, but we do also have a private healthcare market. I actually staunchly object to our federal government’s influence over private health insurance uptake. We have a public health system, and yet, a previous government instigated a system whereby young people are manipulated into taking our private health insurance using a stick and a carrot approach. The carrot is those who take out private insurance get a tax break and the stick is that if you don’t take out private insurance by the age of 30 (I think), you then face an ongoing weighting each year. The weighting increases depending on how old you are when you decide to take out private health insurance. If you’ve had insurance and you drop out, you cop the weighting.

Health insurance companies are private companies and the fees keep going up and up. They, as in your country, are very powerful entities. We have private health companies buying up dentist and medical practices so they can start to demand their members only use their own medical providers.

Unfortunately, there has been increasing negative news coverage regarding the quality of private health care and the decisions made by private health care organisations. In most cases the difference between the costs the government will cover, the fees charged by the medical practitioner and what the insurance company will pay often leaves patients with huge out-of-pocket expenses. The system just doesn’t work.

My belief is government should not compel people to purchase insurance offered by private companies and that does not ensure better health care for its recipients. I’d rather our government put funds into our public system and ensured that was of the best standard possible.

In terms of education, some private schools get more government funding than disadvantaged public schools. Universities are again facing huge cuts to funding. Education has become a political football between the opposition and the present government and it is one of those areas where nothing is happening because it is frankly in the ‘too hard’ basket.

I had complete confidence in the previous administration. The current administration makes me uneasy. I would like to be able to be certain that social security will still be around in 10 years.

I trust my government to see to the prosperity of the people who own it. And this is pretty much the way it functions. While the country might have the facade of democratic government, the actual owners of that government are rewarded in proportion to their wealth (“shares” of ownership.)

@RedDeerGuy1 Although I don’t agree with your answer, as a rant it’s very mild and I don’t think it needed flagging.

@Brian1946 Thanks… All I wanted was a say in my education and health treatment . I was a little bitter.

I trust the Trump administration implicitly and explicitly.

Everything they say is a lie or fabrication

Whatever comes from the Trump presidency, believe the opposite. You will be getting the truth.

The government should indeed be in the business of both healthcare and education, However, such ideals run counter to the scheme of enriching the MAJOR “shareholders” and are therefore either subverted to that purpose (student loans and parasitic insurance corporations) or railed against as nanny state anathemas defiling “free” markets.

I’m not necessarily talking about Trump. I’m talking government in general.

The government is comprised of people. People, ultimately just look after their own needs. People in government are driven by greed, and self service. Their only real motivation, is to be reelected, so they can continue to serve themselves. Any “good” comes in spite of our government, not because of it.

I don’t “trust” them in any way. If you trust a single person in politics, I pity you…

@Rarebear every day I’m getting the feeling that the President thinks he is still running a sole proprietorship (there is no distinction between owner and business)
The country is his to run as he see fit which may change between breakfast and lunch and lunch and dinner !
The current USA government overall is for the entitled (against the people of little value) if you don’t or can’t send a half a million to your Senator or Representative or President. ===>You have no value!

I trust my current federal government to provide the best universal health care in the world (because it does). I trust my government to provide a free university education that is world class. I trust my government to assist folks who need it, so they don’t have to go homeless or steal or beg on the street, or go hungry. (they do this and much more) I trust my government to ensure business practices don’t form unfair monopolies, or slum lords. I trust my government to provide access to housing, transport, internet and free, clean water. I trust my government to sponsor publicly funded radio and TV of the highest quality and voracity. I trust my government to train and maintain a local defence force as well as forces that assist abroad. I trust my government to not suppress, but actually support with legislation, workers rights and unions, universally, across all trades and professions. I trust my federal government to look after the national oil fund, so that the country has a future, even when the oil runs out. (ps… remember, I don’t live in the US anymore, thank bloody christ)

I trust the government, especially the Scottish Government, to speak honestly and try to do its best for all the people of Scotland, rich and poor. In short, it is democratic and representative, as a government should be.

Trust? I’m not sure that I really trust my government or anyone in it to do much more than look to their own best interests.

Governments are, by their very nature, comprised of people aspiring to power. There’s the rub – anyone seeking power is inherently unworthy of it.

The power has to be greatly limited. No more elections for sale or lobbyists. No more legal insider trading.

Absolutely it should be limited. But when the people in charge of limiting (or at least enforcing the limits of) that power are the very ones who benefit from it…

I can’t trust them, but I’m not in a position to argue.

I’m in the USA. Our govmint has a “don’t ask don’t tell policy”, regarding ways to improve it, and they’ll “kill the messenger” if you push it. see this thread for more info: https://www.fluther.com/200712/is-this-what-denying-a-scientists-right-to-free-speech-by/

Not too many ways.
Answering “what do I trust it to do”..

Spend too much money. Waste too much time. Whore for votes.