Sunday, January 25, 2009

No taxation without presentation

Kentucky government officials have fallen well short of their promises to provide spending transparency with a web site that just doesn't get it done.

The worst part is the mainstream media has been worse than asleep in the face of this smokescreen; it has been complicit.

I'm sure the Beshear administration press release said the site went up on January 1, but it's not true.

Surely it is not too much to ask our government servants and media watchdogs to provide better service than this. Taxpayers who want to see what a real spending transparency web site looks like should try Texas and Missouri.

It is beyond ridiculous to be talking about raising taxes even a single penny when they won't show us the checkbook.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Not to mention, those of us that are state employees and knowing we are soon to be receiving an unpaid furlough----- I would be a lot more forgiving if I could at least see where our money is really going.