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NM_Birder

(1,591 posts)
8. Better question,
Fri Mar 6, 2015, 01:00 PM
Mar 2015

How much government business do think is public now ? Every administration promises to be "transparency", but it seems like it gets more and more under cover every new president.


It's the ice berg thing, we see the tip and are told there is nothing underneath. And when it rips a hole in the hull of the political facade, one side simply blames the other and the masses side up and start blaming the other as well.

I don't think it's too much to demand that the American people know what the hell is going on, and know in a clear and verifiable way, but for that to happen people are going to have to let go of party loyalty and focus on results. Ain't gonna happen in my lifetime.

So long as we have two parties, each only telling the part of the truth they want us to know "transparency" and honesty is a myth. Both parties know they can screw those that voted for them, and yet STILL be defended because of party loyalty.

Yes, I do think we should be able to access what the hell our "elected leaders" are doing, and when they are doing it, and what the truth about what they are doing really is.
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