Obfuscation
CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL comments on a New York Times piece on the government tactic of obfuscation, which frequently is used to hide/obscure the true cost of promises made today for benefits tomorrow.
Kirkendall cites the massive unfunded pension liability and METRO's precarious financial condition as local examples of the dynamic at work. One might as easily add METRO's characterization of a hush-money settlement as transparency or the City of Houston spearheading a preemptive revenue-cap lawsuit in a jurisdiction perceived as friendly to its cause as additional examples.
The problem can be even worse in communities where the newspaper of record is frequently more of a cheerleader for the establishment doing the obfuscating than a watchdog for the public paying the bills.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/02/10 08:36 PM | Print |
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