Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Judging Transparency

Here at IB, we think of the term "transparency" as one of personal empowerment: knowing ahead of time how much a medical treatment or procedure will cost. For the Advocate-in-Chief of ObamaCare© v?.0 however, being transparent is about political empowerment, as in:

"The White House just sent out a press release announcing that today President Obama nominated Matheson's brother Scott M. Matheson, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit."

And who, you may be wondering, is the antecedent Matheson? Well, that would be Rep Jim Matheson (D-UT), whose previous votes against a government takeover of the world's best health care system President Obama seeks to change. At least Senators Nelson and Landrieu got swag for their states; this is a far more personal form of bribery.

But no less transparent.
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