In the article "How the Web PoloraziedPolitics"
(http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2052119,00.asp),
Debra D'Agostino holds an interview with Gerry McGovern along with series of questions. Gerry McGovern is an author of several books such as The Caring Economy, The Content Critical, though his focus is primarily relied on "how internet shapes government interactions with its citizens-and vice versa."
As the CIO Insight Asserts: With all this talk about Web 2.0 and shared, open networks, why isn't the government more transparent and open to opinions of its people?
Well as the article points out, there aren't many blogs on government websites and the big reasons behind is that Government comes up with a policy and issues it, but doesn't like being questioned since "questioning makes their lives more difficult".
Along the same line, my point of view is that when it comes for taxation, citizens do have to pay for what they owe...So in a way government should be open to opinions (bloggin or other means) of its people unless they have their hands full of problems that have to be addressed.
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How would the government function if it always had to take the nation's pulse which is neither here nor there? Could you imagine living your life in such a way that every 5 seconds someone would comment on how you should have done something differently with multiple perspectives? It would be paralyzing and impossible to get anything done unless if you chose a method of doing something and reevaluated your progress and work along the way. Stephanie
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