particularly when corporations are buying up (privatisation of local state and national resources, infrastructure schemes etc.) They have now used new semantics and renamed it with the 3 P's called Public Private Partnerships which are controlling or monopolising our resources. Healthy skepticism is definitely required before we plunge out of the pot into the fire. The word 'values' always rears its head with no explanation or definition. Whose values are we defining and whose values are they? Viewing governments with suspicion is a healthy start and should be looked upon carefully, diligently and vigilantly, as their reputation precedes them in the negative. Yes they do need to re-earn as well as earn back the trust of the public but I am not optimistic about the government and their bureacratic processes morphing to a benevelant state of affairs. Their history show otherwise. It is most difficult and rare to get a genuinely honest and open dialogue, not debate concerning issues today except for forums like these. I do take issue with your description of 'the failure of government to communicate'. The government of both political parties have made deliberate premediatative choices to use 'spin' on issues today and their are hundreds of issues concerning their omission, exaggeration or lies to directly or indirectly mislead the populous. The government has 'adopted' this procedure by the hiring of multiple 'spin doctors' at outrageous costs to the taxpayer to perpetuate untruths. I have yet to see in any of these articles, facts and evidence