It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post. Being 8 months pregnant, my world is full of preparations for Baby Karras these days, leaving me following politics from the sidelines, but without much concentration or wit to comment on the stories of the day.
But, this I had to share for anyone that missed [...]

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Tags: Auto Bailouts, Government Transparency

A quick search for the word ‘transparency’ on the White House website brings up 769 results. Over and over again, the White House mantra is repeated that the goal is “to increase transparency, collaboration and participation in government.” Despite this pledge, President Obama and his Democrat peers met behind closed doors this week to negotiate [...]

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Tags: Government Transparency, health care reform

It’s been seven months since the stimulus bill was passed. Just shortly after his inauguration, President Obama issued this statement.
“There are many numbers in this plan…It will put billions of dollars in immediate tax relief into the pockets of working families.
But out of all these numbers, there is one that matters most to me: this [...]

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Tags: capitalism, government spending, Government Transparency, Stimulus

With the passing of Sen. Kennedy this week and all the other important stories that surfaced during what was supposed to be a ‘light’ news week ($2 trillion increase in the deficit projection, Bernanke’s reappointment, Holder’s CIA investigation, etc.), this article from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal titled “Health Care Secrets” is not likely to attract much [...]

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Tags: Government Transparency, health care debate

“Transparent government is good government, and good government has nothing to hide from the taxpayers who fund it.”
So said Joe Calomino, Illinois State Director for Americans for Prosperity, in response to the Illinois legislature passing House Bill 35 last week, also known as the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP).
In a state plagued by endemic [...]

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Tags: Government Transparency, Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal