Ethics: how would you rate the progress of Obama’s “Blueprint for Change”?
Blueprint for Change: Ethics (in his own words)
A leader for reform
- Go through the budget line by line
- Cut out unnecessary programs
- Shift funding to essential programs
- Team to evaluate government performance
- Fire managers not getting results
- Cut budgets of programs that aren’t working
- Use technology to cut costs
Close the revolving door
- Political appointees prohibited from working on regulations or contracts directly related to prior employer for 2 years
- Former Obama staffers prohibited from lobbying administration
- Absolute gift ban
Increase transparency
- Shine light on earmarks and pork barrel spending
- Meetings more open to the public
- No more secrecy
- 5 days public review for bills
- Lobbyist meetings available to watch online
- Corporate tax breaks and pork barrel projects online
End wasteful no-bid contracts
- Reform private contractor process
- End the abuse for good
Thank you for your thoughts on President Obama’s commitment to these changes.
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All presidential candidates say those things, it’s the only way to get elected, but really the power structure of checks and balances makes it impossible to do all those things.
Liberals and smart and realize the system sets those parameters up. You guys just have to grow up and realize how the US government works.
Complaining about it is like a child who doesn’t realize why he can’t eat sugar even though it’s delicious.
One man cleaning up government is delicious, but seperation of powers makes that impossible.
i just choked on my meatloaf sandwich when i got to the “increase transparency” part.
I’d rate him an “F” on everything. There is no transparency, there is deception and cover-up, no public review of bills (“We have to pass the health care bill so you can see what’s in it.” -Nancy Pelosi), secrecy all over the place, pork everywhere, abuse, lobbyists all over the place, yup, a total “F”.
The latest new set of lies and cover-up is concerning the Joe Sestak matter. The White House will lie its head off on this one. There is so much scandal and corruption brewing it is unbelievable.