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Poll: Do you trust your elected leaders to spend your tax dollars wisely? (Original Post) UpInArms 3 hrs ago OP
NO Clouds Passing 3 hrs ago #1
NO LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #2
It's why we have checks and balances and oversight LuvLoogie 1 hr ago #3

LuvLoogie

(8,653 posts)
3. It's why we have checks and balances and oversight
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:35 PM
1 hr ago

Government needs those because of competing agendas. The thing is, the people don't trust, because they don't know. They don't know, often due to willful ignorance anf/or neglect.

If Americans did their due diligence and were not vetting everything through a White supremacist, christo-capitalist lens, perhaps some trust in our government would be forthcoming.

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