SK: Would strongly concur that nothing is as simple as it seems. However, I’d also opine that, if one were to look at the larger picture, it certainly seems that opacity and not transparency are the order of the day.
No, I’m not speaking of the federal level and the various and sundry secrecy and privacy issues consuming the present administration.
I’m speaking at the state and local levels. Everything from the excessive fees that Detroit continues to pay investment banks to Chicago’s “sale” of parking meters to Wall Street (and, if you’ve recently parked in downtown Chicago, you’ll know exactly what I mean about excessive costs).
The average American citizen is being sidelined by government at every level. Whether by a president that tells us “trust me, it’s for your own good” (NSA) and “you wouldn’t understand the complexities (Syria)”, to state officials busily selling out to the Prison-Industrial Complex (California), to local officials who’ll plead they’re simply following the new law and why don’t you go and stick that request where the sun don’t shine.
