If so, why?
If not, why?

You can talk about any topic that makes you trust or distrust your Government....

I’m apolitical, I think both the primary political parties
are equally screwed up right now.

The socialist scourge hasn't destroyed trust in my government. I'm not that boyscout I use to be anymore though. Don't know if things will stabilize in America and we can win this culture war without to much bloodshed or not. Either way, I still have hope people will resist and defeat the enemy who is trying to enslave them.

The problem is corruption unchecked as it always works. Power corrupts people and it's the few harming the many. Over the decades the corrupted have caused major problems across the world. This is why there's political, social and religious turmoil everywhere in various degrees.

In my country "We the People" is supposed to be the government.
The problem is "We the People" have gotten lazy and put people in charge, give them authority and ownership of "We the People" then sit at home or at work and complain about it.
That war we fought/fight (name one), is my war. It doesn't belong to my government. Its my war because I am part of We the People.
The White House is My House. It belongs to We the People and I am We the People.
The CIA, FBI, NASA, Social Security and all the other government funded stuff in my country is not the government's, its property of We the People. Its managed by We the People. It answers to We the People and since I am part of We the People, that's me as well as you too.
Democrat, Republican or Independent doesn't/shouldn't matter, We the People needs to be what is important. We the People needs to be in charge.
The final say.
If We the People steps up to do what is right, I have much faith.
If we continue the status quo, Just a deeper mess, loses my faith.

When pigs fly that’s common sense your guts tell you

No.


Why would anyone trust/have faith in government?
That's not its purpose or role.

Not having trust/faith in government doesn't mean there's something necessarily "wrong" with (the) government.

To me this is like asking "Do you trust/have faith your monthly credit card statement is accurate so you never check it? If not, why?"

The government is only as trustworthy as the people in charge and those who work for them in government. Many of these have demonstrated their personal agendas or their incompetence at their jobs. Business gets the best and brightest while governments get the left overs with very little accountability. All you need to do is try and deal with someone in government and you will experience their ineptness! Latest example: the Iowa caucus fiasco with politicians in charge!

Sure you can trust your government!!!! every single word and gesture is absolutely true!!!!


JUST ASK ANY NATIVE AMERICAN!!!! THEY'LL TELL YA!!!!

The government would never lie and never has as long as it has been in existence! Especially today!


wheeee!!!!yyaaaayyy!!!! I'm so happy about it!!!!!

and they are so transparent!!! Super-super mega honest!!! They wouldn't ever hide stuff from us...

I love them.... SO MUCH !!!

I would hug and pet each and every one like a big kiddiy if i could! but they probably wouldn't sit still for that ...

I rather believe in the virginity of a hooker

In Ireland, everything was done for the rich and wealthy, whereas homeless figures are rising, families losing their homes, and hospital A&E departments are overcrowded and understaffed. Only a few of many examples of how this government failed the country.

Time for change in Saturday's general election.

The various Governments of the UK have been uniformly dire for at least the past 25 years with internal policies which have promoted division and social decohesion whilst prosecuting foreign policies of illegal wars. Up to now none of them were above destroying people's lives here and abroad in persuit of some ideological fantasy that was never going to be achieved. And let's not mention Ulster. Apart from all this and the fact that we've been living in a paranoid police State since the reign of Henry Tudor (Henry VII), it's not that bad.

Voices are getting louder, for a referendum on Irish unity. That's gonna be interesting.

I believe Sinn Fein are increasingly popular as the "party with clean hands".

Yeah, strongest party, according to the latest opinion polls. But no party in Ireland has clean hands, imo

True.

Part of it, yes, other part of it, no. The one who runs the show -our Muppet PM- has more interest in following the EU agenda than the wellbeing of our country and its people.
There's newer upcoming politicians who do have vastly different views, and I welcome it. It's about time!
But it's not going fast enough to my liking. Not like in NZ, Iceland, Scotland they are making or already have plans on focusing on the people & country's well-being as opposed to making money only. I loved reading about that on FB the other day!
We are quite the progressive people, unfortunately the Dutch also have this attitude of "Don't be over the top, just be normal, that's crazy enough" which results in indifference ("nothing will change anyway") and apathy.
I first became aware of this when I tried doing online group courses with Dutch people. VERY hard crowd. I switched to international :)

It's quite the same in politics. Younger people often feel like "nothing will change anyway", the older generation has kind of given up on trying.
To be honest, it's sad. Makes it possible for the PM and his mates to run our country into the ground while they fill their own pockets.

I don't have trust or distrust of entities. I trust and distrust people according to their actions.

There are some in government I trust and some I do not.

I have complete trust in our government, but none in the people in it.

Is it right, that your PM can overturn the outcome of a referendum? I read something about it a few weeks back on FB. I think, it was about a higher retirement age, which the referendum wanted to stop.

I don't know, it is possible. I don't think we had a public referendum though as then I would've heard of it.
But isn't it always possible for government to do that? The one in the UK was also not really binding in the end.
But our PM is someone who's not doing the right thing for our country. Thank goodness he's on his last term, which makes him worse as he's been creating a feathered nest for himself in the EU.
Forum for Democratie (FvD) is our best hope, but they've had some scandals unfortunately which affected them negatively :(

I love the idea of a 3 party system. Keeping each other in check so we don't end up with a king or dictator.
Problem is, this only works if we can keep our leaders from becoming self serving and corrupt.

I do not care for the current administration as I see them not working for the people and not share my morals for the most part. No, I most certainly do not trust this president. Showing the country what he wants us to see, not what's really there. Can't even show us his taxes.

So I love my government, the idea is awesome, if we can keep it is the challenge.