12-19-2019, 08:52 PM
(12-19-2019, 08:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Oh, not me. I've always said we don't need to see behind the curtain. So I'm unsure how you attach "concern" to me. I was just wondering what my transparency folks thought about it and their concerns.
Ah. Well, if we are speaking specifically about transparency only then that changes my response a bit. I believe that there is a time and a place for transparency in government, but there are other times when transparency is a hindrance to effective governance. However, I am more in favor of transparency when it comes to bureaucratic cogs like these folks making decisions. I think shining a light on this process is a good thing so long as we make sure people understand this is how these processes tend to go. This is a matter of civil rights and liberties, but by discussing it only in the context of Gates and such it turns it into more of a partisan discussion.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
