Poll: Fewer Americans than ever trust the governments ability to handle problemsPaul Lawrance The poll taken from September 5-8, 2013, shows that only 49% of Americans say they have a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in the governments ability to handle international problems an entire two percentage points below the previous bottom of 51% recorded in 2007. During president Obamas first term, 57% 66% of Americans said they had a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in the governments actions abroad. Domestic trust levels have also reached new lows, with only 42% reporting a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in the federal governments ability to handle problems inside the United States. The prior low was 43% in 2011. Certainly, the bad taste put into the mouths of the American people by the push for military action in Syria has contributed to these new historic lows in government trust. Polls shows that seven in 10 Americanssay a Syrian strike would achieve nothing beneficial for the United States. A early August Gallup poll showed that only 14% of Americans approved of Congress, a number on pace to tie 2012 as the lowest yearly average since Gallup began asking Americans to rate Congress performance in 1974. As the emperors cloths come off more and more, the American people are growing wise to the out-of-control, monstrous government that has overreached its power on the backs of their tax dollars. RELATED ACTIVIST POST ARTICLE: Paul Lawrance writes for Eyes Open Report where this article first appeared. 