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obama/coburn's open checkbook
Published Sep 18, 2008Views: 259
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNN) – Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington.
“We’re going to do a few new things also,” she said at a rally in Cedar Rapids. “For instance, as Alaska’s governor, I put the government’s checkbook online so that people can see where their money’s going. We’ll bring that kind of transparency, that responsibility, and accountability back. We’re going to bring that back to D.C.”
There’s just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody’s already done it. His name is Barack Obama.
In 2006 and 2007, Obama teamed up with Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to pass the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, also known as “Google for Government.” The act created a free, searchable web site – USASpending.gov — that discloses to the public all federal grants, contracts, loans and insurance payments.
Who is writing these stump speeches for the GOP?
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That ain't the checkbook. That's selected information that they want you to see. Something that you can't determine any waste in.
It's lipstick on a pig.
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September 18, 2008 3:34 p.m.
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September 18, 2008 3:35 p.m.
GOLO member since January 18, 2008
September 18, 2008 3:37 p.m.
If there is no waste in federal grants and contracts, I'll pay you $100.
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September 18, 2008 3:38 p.m.
Yeah, she tried to sell it on eBay.
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September 18, 2008 3:40 p.m.
GOLO member since August 29, 2008
September 18, 2008 3:40 p.m.
She slashed spending while she was Wasilla mayor by getting rid of those expensive "rape kits" from the budget. Sexual assault victims were going to have to shell out for them. Speculation is it had something to do with the "emergency contraception" contained in the kits...
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September 18, 2008 3:45 p.m.
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September 18, 2008 3:47 p.m.
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September 18, 2008 3:51 p.m.
Yes it got it from the govenor.....................
please give me the web site for this glorieous check book ledger off the web. I have yet to find our federal checkbook on the web.
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September 18, 2008 4:00 p.m.
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