According to Pew, as of April 2024, 22% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time” (21%).

That Americans recognize the incompetence of our government is a highly encouraging result. After all, how do you spend and borrow $6 trillion and have absolutely nothing to show for it?

Over the past sixty years, trust in government has been inversely related to the size of the government. The more it tries to do, the worse job it does at everything.

Are Democrats or Republicans the party of smaller government? Right now, we’d have to say… neither.