Newt Gingrich is concerned about polls showing people have little faith in government . A country in which 4 out of 5 people believe their government is corrupt is a country teetering between a populist uprising and a collapse into cynicism , passivity , and fatalism . Gingrich : If most believe government is corrupt , we are teetering between an uprising and cynicism . Without change , he says , we will cease to be the defender of the free and of opportunity .
Newt Gingrich is concerned about polls showing people have little faith in government . Gingrich : If most believe government is corrupt , we are teetering between an uprising and cynicism . Without change , he says , we will cease to be the defender of the free and of opportunity .