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The American Government is the supreme law of the land. It’s an organization that its citizens put their trust in to in hopes that it will create an output favorable to their needs. That is the ideal dream for a voting citizen anyway. A poll done by the American National Election Studies shows that in 1964 nearly 75% of people felt that the government does what is right “just about always” or “most of the time”. In 1994 it hit an all time low dropping to nearly 20%. The results of this poll clearly show one thing; the trust the people of the United States have of their congress is and has dropped severely. Distrust in government is something that’s been around in the nation since it h...