These types of actions are in public because there are still some people within government who care about public.
-mahesh2k
I can't comment on that without being extremely rude
What will happen when every person within government gets sold and new policies will be passed without much public releases?
Have you been watching what has happened over the last couple of decades in the US and UK? Almost all politicians are under the financial (and hence political) control of somebody else, and if they remain too independent their own political parties treat them as too hot to handle and through them to the wolves.
Anyone who genuinely thinks that policies in the US and UK have anything to do with responsibility to the public must be incredibly naive.
Politicians order of priorities are as follows:
1) Protect your arse to be re-elected - so don't upset the party or the parties largely self interested financial backers
2) Don't piss of the rabidly fascist Murdoch press - that will get you out of politics rapidly
3) Do whatever is necessary to raise your own profile - the greasy pole to power, influence and guaranteed money
4) Do whatever is necessary to raise money - for your own career and the party*
5) Do whatever is necessary to protect your post politics career
6) Hope to hell you get a safe seat at the next election so that you can do it all again in 5 years
* Recent UK example of this in the UK - got £250000 - great we can get you to a private meeting with the Prime Minister. This approach to lobbying for money seems to happen in every government in the last few decades. Of course no one ever loses their job (they may be briefly demoted for public face) or face fraud or conspiracy charges in court.
Finally the idea that legislation gets a fair hearing and is well scrutinised is completely laughable. In the US most legislation includes so many irrelevant clauses in the hope (and usually the achievement for the leaders) that no one reads they can get anything through. It is only public scrutiny that stands any chance of shaming politicians into making a rational or 'principled response'. No one in the US read the PATRIOT Act - and look what that did for the American Constitution! George Bush juniors political 'advisers' were masters at selling totalitarian crap - call it something that no one can possibly fight against without appearing 'liberal' or a traitor and it will go through with all sides voting for it. WHo could be against the PATRIOT Act - who ants to be seen as unpatriotic!
The UK is even worse if anything - they don't even bother to hide what they are doing - and most legislation is designed over drinks onn the back of an envelope and that is about the only place it gets any real scrutiny. The House of Parliament (even in the current coalition government) rarely don't get their way when it comes to the vote in the commons. Ironically the best chance of getting legislation stopped is the undemocratic, unelected House of Lords who have nothing to lose by speaking their mind!
Last thought - in any western countries these days if you want to get legislation passed you just cite public safety and terrorism as a mantra!
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