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Why Libertarians Should Want *More* Trust in Government

Paradoxically, government grows because of our lack of confidence in it.

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 8.28.2017 2:20 PM

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Americans have record or near-record low rates of confidence in government. A lot of libertarians and other skeptics of government see this trend and believe that people are finally waking up to reality. But there are good reasons to be concerned about persistently low levels of trust and confidence in government.

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Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.

Todd Krainin was a producer at Reason.

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