The Concord Monitor argues that new websites designed to track stimulus spending at the state and federal level are a break from the past, and a welcome shot of transparency into the opaque actions of government:
The American public has come to expect that its tax money will be wasted or stolen. Its cynicism is justified. Consider the recent arrest of 44 people, among them three mayors, in a crackdown on government corruption in New Jersey. The state and federal stimulus fund tracking sites are an attempt to avoid that sort of thing. The sites may also help to prevent political favoritism, discriAmination, waste and fraud. If they do, they could be the best proof yet that sunshine is indeed the best disinfectant. (more)
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