Gauging Americans sentiment is always to be taken with a grain of salt, but an interesting new Gallup poll finds that Americans' confidence in many of the institutions that affect their daily lives has eroded, and in one case quite significantly.

Of all major institutions that Americans come into contact with throughout their daily lives, the percent of people who say they had a "great deal" of confidence in banks has plunged more than any other institution on the list since June 2006.

Banks, organized religion, television, newspapers, and congress all saw double digit declines since June 2006. What this tells us is that confidence is eroding in those who are entrusted to safeguard our assets, manage the country, communicate news and the truth, and provide support spiritually - said otherwise, it looks like America is calling bullshit on all of the very institutions that it once relied upon for all of the aforementioned reasons.

Also of note from the poll, is that 43% of those asked said that right now is a "good time to find a job":

Which is interesting considering the jobs that have been created are part time and service sector related (ie: less pay).

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Perhaps all of the blatant lies and double speak is finally starting to take a toll on everyday Americans - if in fact Americans are beginning to wake up at all, that would be a welcome sign. Until then, we'll just keep peddling our fiction.