
“Like an abused spouse increasingly appalled by a long-time partner’s behavior, Americans are falling out of love with the federal workers who enforce an endless litany of mandates, taxes and intrusions into their lives. New data from George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration finds that, in addition to losing faith in the federal government itself, as other polls have revealed, a record number of Americans are losing faith in its loyal minions. What could have happened in the past year to so erode respect for federal workers?”
http://reason.com/blog/2013/09/25/its-not-just-government-americans-dont-l
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