Government We Trust

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In Government We Trust? During this research project I researched whether we(the U.S.) trust our government or not. I originally chose this topic because I thought that it would be easy, but I later realized that it was more interesting than I thought. At first, I thought that there is no way that we can trust our government with all of the crazy stuff going on in the world. Now, my opinion has slightly changed. My research has proved and disproved many of my different thoughts. Originally, my opinion was that the U.S. does not trust the government. Now, I do believe that some people do trust the government. For example, in the opposing article, “In Government We Trust” states that people trust in the security improvements. This opposes my

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