The new government may, just may, be walking their talk about accountability. I'm still dubious about oversight actually happening but I have to admit that this is potentially a big step toward making it happen.
http://thepage.time.com/obama-remarks-for-killefer-announcement/ A Cabinet level appointment whose job is to make sure that government programs are actually doing what they are supposed to be doing. That seems so...logical. I was a cautious supporter of the financial services bailout but the thing that pissed me off is that the Bush administration gutted oversight and stonewalled what it didn't gut. We are looking at spending a lot more money to dig ourselves out of the hole we are in and I think its not asking too much to at least make sure that the money is going where it is supposed to. That used to be Congresses job (power of the purse and all that) but Pelosi and Reid have been remarkably adept at rolling over any time actual accountability comes up. Blech. I'm still cynical about this making a difference but at least it is something more than rhetoric. And hopefully a lot more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
