Wash Post poll: People don't think govt can fix the economy

From the Washington Post:

According to a new Washington Post poll, barely one in four Americans has confidence that the federal government has the ability to fix economic problems, and most share Standard & Poor’s indictment of the country’s policy-making process.

The spreading lack of confidence is matched by an upsurge in dissatisfaction with the country’s political system and a widespread sense that S&P’s characterization of U.S. policy-making as increasingly “less stable, less effective and less predictable” is a fair one.

The results have sharp edges for both Republicans and Democrats, as record numbers say they’re interested in new congressional representation when the November 2012 elections roll around.

When it comes to economic issues, the erosion in public trust is deep: Just 26 percent now have even some faith the government can actually solve problems. Confidence is down 21 percentage points from October 2010, and less than half its 2002 levels.

I agree completely. But I know that government can work. But it takes two political parties. At this point, we only have one, the Republicans. The other is living up to its stereotype nicely.