Demonizing government has been popularied with the oft repeated Reagan phrase "Im from the government and I'm here to help - is the most dreaded thing ever said"
A wingnut said "I want government so small I can drown it in a bathtub"

Well we can see what the result is locally and nationally.
We have been attacked by a virus. If China attacked would we leave it to State govenors?

We have had Presidents who only helped robber barons and not the people from Hayes to Coolidge and beyond.

Government trust transparency and truth is needed to clear its reputation. I think even the need to know paradigm needs reform.