ACCOUNTABILITY

The Key for a successful Stimulis Package is to monitor the use of the funds given and to hold the receiver responsible for its proper use. Those in charge of deciding where funds should be given should also be responsible for their decisions.

The issues of poor judgment, incompetence, and malfeasance are seldom used against government officials in the discharge of their responsibilities unless fraud or immorality is involved. A lie under oath and an immoral sex act are the primary charges that elected officials are held accountable for. Poor judgment and incompetence are never a consideration.

Age and criminal conviction are the only visible qualification to disallow a citizen from running for public office. Theoretically, the public holds elected officials accountable for their actions and non actions, but in a practical sense, elected officials police themselves and determine their own remuneration and perks. Basically, elected officials are not strictly held responsible for their actions or non actions, and consequently there is a tendency for many of them to act irresponsibility. The success of the latest stimulus package appears to lie in the hands of the Obama/Biden Administration. (The failure of the prior stimulus package appears to lie with the Bush/Cheney Administration.)