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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:23 PM
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A modest proposal
I propose that elected officials have their dayplanner/calender posted online so that voters can track what they do.
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Proud_Democratt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:27 PM
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1. add Expense Reports and personal taxes as well.
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:33 PM
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4. Might not need lobbying reform, if voters knew where politicians were, wha
what they're doing and how much they're spending.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:28 PM
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2. Agreed.
And how about they take the same standardized tests they make school children take, and then publish their results?
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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:38 PM
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5. Civil Servants have to take an exam, why not politicians?
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:30 PM
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3. Ever read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series?
In "The Last Continent" there's a comment about how they lock up the president as soon as he's elected since that "saves a lot of time"
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