WRITTEN ON November 8th, 2007 BY William Heath AND STORED IN What do we want?, Wibbipedia/MindtheGap
Government, it has occurred to various US think tanks, is far from ideal. Two of them seem to have proposed an
Oath of Presidential Transparency to help taxpayers see where their money is spent.
* By signing the oath, the candidates are promising, should they win the presidency in 2008, that they will issue an executive order instructing the entire executive branch to put into practice the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
* That act includes a Google-like search tool that will allow taxpayers to go online and see exactly how their tax dollars are being spent on federal contracts, grants and earmarks.
This sounds like part of Uncle Buck’s plea, all those years ago, that we make government navigable (and nothing else…yet).*Cheers Eamonn!
Barack Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope,” shows a catchy title. It has an idea of bravery mixed confidently. There is nothing Pollyanna about that. I will possibly not support every little thing he tells, but he’s our president, and then for me, he creates confidence. Which can do more for just a region than any number of backroom deals. Hope gives us energy, and energy sustains us through trying times. Boy, we’ve had them. I’m from West Texas, and I did not vote for Bush. When McCain ran against Obama, I was a citizen of Arizona, but I gave audacious hope a chance. The fight for progress and laying the foundations of prosperity is just not over. I have come across the quips of those who don’t believe Obama can make it. But step back a moment. Would anyone have most of us fail simply to tarnish the star of an incumbent for whom they didn’t vote? Keeping our priorities straight, let’s work together with our president and build our future.