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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Experimentation and Danger
Message-ID: <783@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 19:50:10 EST
Article-I.D.: mmintl.783
Posted: Thu Nov  7 19:50:10 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 15:30:53 EST
References: <28200239@inmet.UUCP> <344@pedsgd.UUCP>
Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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Summary: A proposal for the creation of another beaurocracy


In article <344@pedsgd.UUCP> bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler) writes:
>- Every citizen should recieve an accounting statement every year stating
>  which laws where passed, who voted for and against them, which ones expired,
>  how much tax he had paid, where it went, what the value of services he
>  recieved in return, etc. Admittedly, some of these would have to be
>  estimates, but the idea is to provide the citizen with enough information
>  to decide if he is getting screwed, and who to blame if he is. The press
>  currently does an inadequate job reporting these things  because it
>  doesnt sell many papers, but could probably do a great job of exposing
>  fraud or inaccuracy in the estimates, which does.

I'm afraid this would just produce a new government beaurocracy, which I
don't think would justify its costs.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108