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Limited transparency or full disclosure? Do Americans have a RIGHT to know where pols travel, whom they see, what's discussed?

Used to be a White House log where visitors signed in. Used to be department schedules of Administration Officals outlining travel plans, contacts, purpose of meetings. Used to be. Do you like driving blind, being kept in the dark? Is what our EMPLOYEES do none of our dam* business or is it TOTALLY our business since we are paying them to WORK FOR US? Whatcha think and WHY?

Posted - December 27, 2017
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  • 6098
    Both of those I see as just pretty much meaningless slogans.  No one is going to tell everything or disclose everything.  That is just human nature.  And they are not gods but just people so they will never measure up to everyone's expectations.  I think we all have public and private lives to which we are entitled.  None of our lives is going to stand up to absolutely close scrutiny - we are only asking to be disappointed.  Government is necessary but not hallowed.  Its what we do with our own lives that makes the difference - not how much we follow the rich and famous.  And if we spend time following them maybe we don't have anything good going on  ourselves. 
      December 27, 2017 6:51 AM MST
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  • 113301
    I disagree totally. You are saying that if someone keeps up  with what goes on in government we have nothing else going on in our lives. That's insulting. I think it is the OBLIGATION of every citizen to KNOW what is going on in government so they can call out the bums, the bas**rds, the sneaky evil greedy folks who use us and abuse us and ridicule us. I'm gonna ask that question.  Different strokes og. Thank you for your reply.
      December 28, 2017 2:50 AM MST
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  • 6477
    Again an interesting question.. I believe in full disclosure.. we are forever seeing reports in the papers of thngs pols do here that people might not have known about.. Freedom of Information act is a good thing.. I see no reason to hide anything.. Of course where national security is concerned then we shouldn't get to hear everything that was said but we would still have records of who and when. 
    I guess I take the view that if one has nothing to hide, and personally I don't why would we need to be dishonest or evasive..We tend, to expect even higher standards from our politicians here and that's to be expected as they are paid, quite richly, by us and they are acting on our behalf. 
      December 27, 2017 3:27 PM MST
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  • 113301
    ((hugs)) Ditto. If you have nothing to hide you hide nothing. Now of course there are certain things having to do with national security that I do NOT WANT to know because it might jeopardize the lives of those who work quietly to protect us. But to use that as an excuse for refusing to have White House visitors sign a log or inform us of WHERE the pols are traveling at our expense, WHAT the purpose is and WHAT was accomplished I think is insulting as he**. And dangerous because it gives them protection against being found out and stopped from doing things that are not in the best interests of we the people but only in the best interests of themselves. Big surprise, right?   Do they have budgets within which they operate or is the sky the limit? I"m gonna ask. Thank you for your reply Addb! :)
      December 28, 2017 3:00 AM MST
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