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Gallup: Americans Trust Small Business, Police and Military Most

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    FBN's Lou Dobbs weighs in on America's confidence issues.

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Americans' confidence in several institutions things like the presidency all the way down to.

Public schools well it's steady or -- this year compared with last year.

Very -- confidence in fact an HMO groups as well as in congress that -- should come as no surprise but.

What's the bigger picture here what does it mean for our economy now and in the future Lou Dobbs is here to kind of go through these findings with us.

We're very can be were there and and and one of the things that very Gallup revealed in this -- this analysis on this survey.

Is that we're a society with the broad issues.

Trust.

That go well beyond the political arena in influences yes certainly politics.

And perhaps dramatically so.

But we have some very serious issues vote with our leaving sixteen traditional institutions were analyzed by.

By Gallup and the implications are broad and I think profound for for investors.

For our politicians and for obviously for those of us are just simply.

Live in this society.

I -- the list was so interesting you know at the very top you know we trust military the most that makes sense of small business was second on the list ahead of police organized religion the medical system ahead of the presidency the Supreme Court.

But small business our hero and at some body you know really close to congress was big business so what is it about those two -- if there -- so if you charge.

I -- small business good big business fat.

I think that there is a very clear understanding on the part of of the American people.

That small businesses the generator of jobs and it is the life blood it is it forms the true.

Direction for business in this country when people talk about business 310 million of us when we focus on business were -- thinking.

Of the massive multi nationals who may or may not have a in a legitimate brand.

Adherence to the United States.

It could be ubiquitous across the globe.

But when you look to the small businesses.

That are that are hiring.

Principally in the municipality which we live group -- the community.

-- -- there's a tighter bond and -- and a greater sense of importance.

What do you think is deriving these confidence levels what is the backdrop.

Is it are weak economy is it uncertainties that all these -- that we throw acting afternoon.

Let me do something I hate when it's when I ask -- question like Adam and someone responds this way but I'm -- derivative -- -- -- I think we have to look at back -- ways.

And look at the number of social contracts that have been torn up in our society that I don't wanna go big broad or abstract on you but.

I do think we've got to understand what we have created over the course -- last forty -- fifty years when we started when we changed defined.

Benefits and went to 41 case when we started making no bones about it.

Our big corporations started worrying less about in parliament which was the buzz word.

Of the eighties and started talking more about.

Efficiency productivity and competitiveness and and smaller pay payrolls.

The world change for lots of millions and millions of Americans.

Bring it up just today we have institutions that are simply not deliver whether it's the federal government.

In many cases it is local government that is not meeting the demands of the community.

And citizens.

And we're watching alienation from from parties that have moved to group and identity politics rather than.

Talking about how we think about this -- is -- last time you heard a discussion.

In national politics in particular about independence.

Self reliance traditional American values.

-- rather hear how will government take care of me how will government.

Respond in oh by the way don't worry about my children or my grandchildren.

Because whatever we have to borrow that's fine.

-- -- -- -- no idea what the party role or you have to look back to understand the shift in dialogue and social contract from its describe -- thank you so much great to be with you is don't forget you can can actually each and every weekend with us here at this time -- of course seven in 10 PM eastern.

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