An article in the Wall Street Journal of January 28, 2013 on page A2 painted a dire picture of where us folks in the Good Ole USofA feel we can go to for factual information that we can trust.
A survey by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management showed...
- Only 33% of us trust Banks.
- Only 17% of us trust the Stock Market.
- Only 17% of us trust Large Corporations.
A June 2012 Gallop Poll showed...
- Only 25% of us trust Newspapers.
- Only 21% of us trust Television News.
- Only 21% of us trust Organized Labor.
- Only 13% of us trust Congress.
A September 2012 Gallop Poll showed...
- Only 50% of us trust our Government to solve Domestic Problems.
I have one question about the last bullet above. How in the heck do 50% of us still have faith that the Government is going to be able to solve our Domestic Problems?
Have I knocked your dobber in the dirt completely?
The article goes on to say that Government Regulators do not trust the businesses they regulate and, when this is the case, they regulate them more. Woe is us!
Well at least a picture is still worth a thousand words and can always be trusted because you can see it with your own eyes.
If ever they invent something like Photoshop we are going to add pictures to the list of things that we can’t trust.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
