Deserving Trust

As long as I can remember I have given people the benefit of the doubt. I just trusted people from the get-go. In early years maybe I was naive or gullible or both. When I was old enough, with experience, I still chose to expect the best from others and shied away only if they proved me wrong. I felt life would be better with that attitude. I really haven't been hurt much with that approach. In fact, we probably would not have a house in Pa. if I had taken the other position, but that's a different story. One that really supports my approach all those years.
The fraud that was revealed yesterday on Wall Street shakes my attitude. If you wonder what I'm talking about, a well respected investor, for years, played a sham on people who trusted him with their money. A lot of money. Maybe $50 billion . Very rich families, even charities, have lost everything. It was all a lie. They trusted first and never asked questions, they just accepted the lies as truth without evidence. Even the Government agencies, state and federal, didn't catch the guy, or worse yet, didn't care or bother to check.
Our country is really in a pickle. Our leadership, at least until now, has really let us down. What do we do now? I really don't know. Let's hope the new administration can change the direction of the tide of deception and greed that prevails in Washington and on Wall Street.
It will be a very difficult change to make.
As for me, I'm not changing. I will continue to trust people unless I'm proven wrong. It's too late for Washington and Wall Street. I don't think I will ever trust in them again. Our country was founded on the motto "In God We Trust".....our government has joined Wall Street and turned a blind eye to that motto.