Keeping an Eye on Earmarks
The State Journal-Register has a good article today about transparency in the lawmaking/earmarking process.
Perhaps one of the best proposals is a twenty day time period where such earmarks can be evaluated by the public. Government bureaucrats take there time with just about every administrative function; would it really hurt to give us, the taxpayers, a mere twenty days?
Transparency to earmarks would allow constituents the opportunity to provide feedback and accountability. But, like the SJ-R says, “it’s not good enough.”
Holistic transparency is needed to encompass pork spending as well. Put it online, and soon ordinary citizens will be empowered to discover such waste. Responsible government does not happen without responsible citizens. So, give the citizens the tools they need to be that responsible watchdog.
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