Comments on: The Cult of the Presidency http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/05/04/cult-of-the-presidency/ My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:51:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jim Lippard http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/05/04/cult-of-the-presidency/#comment-98816 Jim Lippard Tue, 06 May 2008 16:36:53 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=530#comment-98816 There was one point during his talk in Phoenix when he made a comment about someone at the Brookings Institution worried about the loss of trust in government, and he suggested that this is actually a good thing. I agree that loss of trust in the government makes sense when the government doesn't merit that trust, but I'd much rather have a limited government that follows the rule of law and does merit trust than one which is thoroughly corrupt and doesn't follow the rule of law. A corrupt, untrustworthy government <a HREF="http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2007/07/trust-and-econo.html" rel="nofollow">has negative impact beyond the government itself</a>. There was one point during his talk in Phoenix when he made a comment about someone at the Brookings Institution worried about the loss of trust in government, and he suggested that this is actually a good thing.

I agree that loss of trust in the government makes sense when the government doesn’t merit that trust, but I’d much rather have a limited government that follows the rule of law and does merit trust than one which is thoroughly corrupt and doesn’t follow the rule of law. A corrupt, untrustworthy government has negative impact beyond the government itself.

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