BureaucracyBlog had a great post today on why transparency is needed for all of the political spectrum. Here’s a taste:

People have grown disgusted with wasteful pork-barrel spending and plain inefficiency. We must eliminate the secrecy that surrounds government spending. Let the people see how government is spending their money and then you will see responsibility return to government. Whether you believe in less government or believe that more money should be directed toward education and social services, we can all agree that reducing wasteful government spending is in everyone’s best interests.

Most of this information is publicly available, accessible by state employees, but the public can get this information only by sending an open records request, waiting for someone to rummage through file cabinets or computer files and then either pay them to copy the material or travel yourself to Frankfort to view it.

This issue transcends the traditional gulf between liberals and conservatives.

Go read the rest here. Bravo! Let’s keep on keepin’ on with the bi-partisan battle for transparency.

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