Trust in government and real income increases

The Monkey Cage has an interesting post on this relationship – here’s an excerpt:

Of course the economy is not the only important factor. But it gets far less attention than it deserves when the hand-wringing begins. So, sure, perhaps we can and should tinker with the political process. Clip lobbyists’ wings. Get leaders to make nicey-nicey with the opposite party. But the process is less important than outcomes. More people will trust the government again when times are good, even if government ain’t.

See the rest of the post here. I’d be willing to trust in government more for some real income increase – that and maybe changing a few other things that annoy me