Comments on: Tracking Our Economic Recovery http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/02/20/tracking-economic-recovery/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/02/20/tracking-economic-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-2672 Mr. ToughMoneyLove Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:08:33 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=1799#comment-2672 Rick: Thanks for the visit and wouldn't be nice if all government agencies published their spending details. I recall a small business I worked for that sent a list of checks issued each day to every shareholder. That was refreshing. Rick: Thanks for the visit and wouldn’t be nice if all government agencies published their spending details. I recall a small business I worked for that sent a list of checks issued each day to every shareholder. That was refreshing.

]]> By: Rick Beagle http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/02/20/tracking-economic-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 Rick Beagle Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:43:29 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=1799#comment-2666 I believe that the recovery.org website is a terrific idea, and admittedly, the layout is well done if not particularly useful at the moment. Of course there are pundits already deriding the cost of maintaining this, but for my part, I enjoy the thought of seeing my tax dollars at work. Time will tell whether this is just another smoke screen, or whether this will be a useful tool for keeping people accountable. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing some legislation requiring all government agencies (not dependent on secrecy) to show us how they spend their money. I love the US military, but them folks could use a little cleaning house with regards to fiscal accountability (some pundits put waste at 25-33%). As a veteran, yes sir, I believe those numbers are quite possible. Good post. Rick Beagle I believe that the recovery.org website is a terrific idea, and admittedly, the layout is well done if not particularly useful at the moment. Of course there are pundits already deriding the cost of maintaining this, but for my part, I enjoy the thought of seeing my tax dollars at work. Time will tell whether this is just another smoke screen, or whether this will be a useful tool for keeping people accountable.

Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing some legislation requiring all government agencies (not dependent on secrecy) to show us how they spend their money. I love the US military, but them folks could use a little cleaning house with regards to fiscal accountability (some pundits put waste at 25-33%). As a veteran, yes sir, I believe those numbers are quite possible.

Good post.
Rick Beagle

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