As
the proponent of Post
the Finances, I'd like to
state that any secrecy in Governmental fiscal
records do not engender confidence in our
democratic form of government.
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There
are reasons to become suspicious.
Nothing good comes from secrecy.
What makes our nation good is its openness.
What makes our nation great is that
its books are open. |
But what will make it even greater is to simplify
our government finances by posting them to the
Web, so every man and woman in our country may
understand them and see on a daily basis every
government penny earned and every penny spent.
Nations around
the world will envy our boldness and honesty
in fiscal affairs.
And what will
make our country the greatest in the world is
when every city, county, and state, as well
as our federal government, posts its finances
daily to the Web.
We are an
open society. We, the honest people, are the
government. We are the bosses.
The politicians
work for us. We shouldn't fear them. They should
fear us.
Government
finances are our check book.
When
Post the Finances
is in operation, we will quickly know if and
when politicians are mismanaging our money.
And we can fire them, vote them out of office,
and prosecute them where necessary.
In
the meantime, no politicians who impede this
simplification of our fiscal records should
be trusted, no matter what sophisticated reasons
they invent for opposing fiscal openness. We
must not let any of these politicians put their
political interest above the public interest.
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