Although the proportion of people who say they trust the government in Washington to do the right thing has steadily declined since the 1950s, it should be remembered that
A. surveys on this particularly topic are notoriously unreliable.
B. the numbers were even lower in the 1920s.
C. more was expected of the government in the 1950s.
D. they are talking about government officials, not the system of government.
E. the proportion of people who trusted the government was never very high.
Answer: D
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