the real question is whether government should work for a privileged few or for the whole of society. a sad truth is that both major parties have been working for a few at the expense of the many. under that condition, the public has good reason to be sour on government. yet the democrats tell people that they should still support government programs, while republicans tell them government is the problem not the solution. the republican argument naturally wins.
when the debate is shifted to focus on political privilege, when the argument is about how to make government work for the many instead of a few, then and only then will 