Trust in Government?

Many people have stopped trusting the government because of various past occurrences. Especially in terms of Social Security. LZ Granderson, a journalist for CNN, said that even though he has paid into Social Security he does not expect to benefit from it. He says that the "reform can keeps getting kicked down a road that's getting shorter and shorter by a bunch of politicians who know better but are too afraid of losing voters who won't be around when the money's all gone anyway". On Monday, Obama introduced another plan without touching Social Security. Obama didn't say he and the members of Congress might not get paid if the debt ceiling wasn't raised, but that Social Security and military checks may not go out. Politicians use Social Security as one of its many chess pieces to manipulate people to vote a certain way. GOP presidential candidates are saying whatever they can to appease their base (except for Jon Huntsman, which is why he is in last place) . "It's all a game, and election after election, we keep getting played" (Granderson). With all this dishonesty coming from politicians, why should the American people trust the government? If our politicians are only looking out for their best interests, our country is not going to get anywhere.