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Where is this? "After our framers wrote a transparency provision into the Constitution" What are you referring to?

Without transparency there can be no democracy:

https://joshketry.substack.com/p/without-transparency-there-can-be

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HOW TO INITIATE...VERY SIMPLY IMPLEMENT A '"ZERO BASED BUDGETING" PROCESS IN EACH DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, PROGRAM, OR GROUP THAT IS REQUESTING FUNDING, THAT MANDATES THAT EACH YEAR BEFORE THEY GET ONE CENT THEY MUST SHOW, BASED UPON SOLID EVIDENCE, THAT THEIR ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS OF THE PART OF GOVERNMENT THEY OVERSEE. A KEY PROBLEM IS THAT MOST OFTEN NOTHING IS EVER CANCELLED THEY JUST THROW MORE MONEY AT IT, A KEY STRATEGY IS TO FLATTEN THE GOVERNMENT TO ELIMINATE MULTIPLE REDUNDENT LEVELS. ALSO ELIMINATE DEI HIRING AND TENURE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND ELIMINTE EMPLOYEE UNIONS. IT IS WHAT SMART BUSINESS DO AND AS WHAT SMART AND RESPONSILBE PEOPLE AND FAMLIES DO. THIS WILL BE FOUGHT VIGEROUSLY BY THE LEFT AND ALL THOSE WHO THRIVE IN THE WASTEFUL SPENDING WHILE THEY FILL THEIR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS OFTEN CONTRIBUTING NOTHING TO THE COUNTRY.

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Godspeed OTB!

Hold their feet to the fire, in honor of Andrew, and all great American patriots.

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Transparency in govt is our duty to keep our govt in check at all Times!!!in PEACE&

WAR!! NOT DECEIVE THE PEOPLE!!PERIOD !WE PRAY PRESIDENT

TRUMP WILL DO THAT ,GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

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Amen!

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Govt websites are masters of deceit! Look what they did to the CDC website. Just a few years ago, you could get numbers for flu cases with little trouble. Then covid hit & flu numbers disappeared from the site. Then to pbfuscate tye numbers more, they lumped flu, covid, & upper resp. together under Influenza Like Illnesses. (ILI) all govt websites are the same, full of acronyms, but no real information.

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That is because the most used test for the identification of these respiratory viruses, the RT PCR couldnt differentiate between them. Specificity. It could only detect the presence of viral genetic material in the respiratory tract. Down to very minuscule amounts. Couldnt reveal when the infection took place. It would have been years. See the Corman Drosten Review report. Online. PU.

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Why you think Elon Musk,x who has no experience in how the government works, will know how to cut costs! He wants to eliminate in its entirety the Department of Education! As far as Biden suppressing free speech,we have constant,y seen derogatory talk, lies, and an absolute disregard for being respectful when having a difference of opinion. I hardly doubt Trump will be transparent in anything he does.

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Eliminating the DOE, which has performed very badly, will hugely cut costs.

We have seen from the performance of public schools vs. private schools vs. homeschooling that the latter two cheaper options (in $/student) are far superior in producing educated people who can support themselves financially.

Free help from one who has never been an editor, nor uses one: The first two sentences in your post exemplify a thing called non-sequitur, which means one does not follow from the other. Splitting those sentences into different sections would be good.

Self contradiction is exemplified where you call out Trump for what some think is too much free speech, and you connect this to a lack of transparency. The function of free speech is to bring things out into the open. Obviously this often hurts the feelings of those whose actions or characteristics are being called out and exposed to scrutiny or ridicule. But it is a form of transparency.

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