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1 comment:
Transparency is the new buzz word for everything economic and political. However, transparency can be deceiving, similiar to the mustard jar in the icebox, right there in front of you, and you can't see it. A decade or more ago the old buzz words were "proactive" and "reactive" in explaining anything in terms of politics and economics. Those two words have fallen off the lexicon radar screen as fast as the budget surpluses disappeared. Be careful of the word transparency. It is as deceptive as much as what it is trying to verbally describe: now you see it, now you don't!
Danny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana
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