I had the opportunity last week to attend Suzanne Mettler’s talk on the relationship between the government and U.S citizens. Although I had been aware of the increasing negative attitude and distrust for the government, I was still surprised by magnitude of it and how along with this increasing sentiment there is also increase in use of government aid. Furthermore, I realized that I never really gave thought to how all of us have maybe once used government aid. Something else that came up towards the end of the discussion, and that I found truly interesting, was the thought on mandatory voting, I have always believed that it should be something to consider, especially since most voters are radical left or right whereas the majority of the U.S is moderate, it just isn’t shown because those people most likely don’t vote. There is also a great “I don’t care sentiment” reinforced with the horrible choices we get.  The previous election is a good example of this. Trump is definitely not fit for power, but Hillary was also very untrustworthy. These two made two of the most horrible choices out there and left people questioning. This is one of the reasons I did not vote in 2016. In the same way I believe we need more choices than just Republican and Democrats, which more often than not seem like the same party.