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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 10:09:07 -0500
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- From: AHMED@DAYTON.BITNET
- Subject: Re: Democracy, Freedom of Speech and the courts.....
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- Jon,
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- Among other things, you write that "the existence of flaws ......
- is an invitation to study of their cause and an attempt, after the study,
- to apply the remedies which suggest themselves as most likely of success
- and least likely of contributing to other problems......"
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- There have been studies after studies authorized by congress and completed
- .....the GAO in particular has done many and suggested many remedies...
- a study was also done about what happens to these studies and the answer was
- that they go largely ignored....
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- We have come up with a system (I repeat for the nth time) that cannot
- implement changes that result in good for the people if they also
- result in negatives for the administration, corporations, campaign
- contributions and so on....
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- A few media outlets on the far right or far left will report these
- studies from time to time.... most get lost..... Some are used by
- politicians to help get votes (Clinton on national health, environment
- issues, gays in the militiary) and upon reelection are soon forgotten....
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- zahir
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