The issue is one of trust.  A democratic society or constitutional republic requires the leaders and the populous to operate with a high degree of personal and collective responsibility.  When these conflict the collective good should prevail.  This discourse requires an adherence to certain values.  Most important is the ability to tell the truth.  Transparency is key because it allows for the inevitable biases to be know and factored in.  
These conditions are not being met at present and will not be until moderates from both sides come to the middle.  Ideology is taking preference to solving the problems of people.  By the way, one of the primary functions of government is to regulate business.  We've lost our way.