Americans have almost three times more confidence in small business than big business

Americans have almost three times more confidence in small business than big business
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Americans' recent lack of confidence in Congress is legendary. According to the latest Gallup poll, just 7 percent of Americans have either "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress, down from 42 percent that did in 1973.

The institution Americans had most confidence in was the military, with 74 percent of Americans expressing either a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in America's armed forces.

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John Aziz is the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also an associate editor at Pieria.co.uk. Previously his work has appeared on Business Insider, Zero Hedge, and Noahpinion.