Josh Marshall has a couple of posts up tossing around the idea of making the contents of bills available to the public at large (initial post and some reactions). Some are expressing concern over what would do to "the process," and it's probably true that well-organized groups could cause a ruckus over what's in some bills. Still, I don't think that's a good argument in a democracy for keeping things secret until a bill has been delivered to the president and signed into law. No one ever said that democracy was supposed to be efficient, after all. I say, publish everything on the net and let the ruckus begin!
Posted by Jason at November 29, 2004 11:00 AM