LOL! I like your list
As long as methods are disclosed, a few credible sources will emerge, I'm sure. The list you mention I don't think would get much credibility !
I would think people, similar to Arthur Levitt on the SEC side, would emerge as willing and credible, once an announcement were made by any political leader that this is a good idea.
The GAO has been called "independent" by both parties in Congress, and so far at least, hasn't been called otherwise even by the beleaguered VP Cheney or others. So they would be one candidate, at least.
Were they to take on the task of representing each major division of government on a clearly-organized website, with a set of standards for cash-in and benefits-out information provided by those departments, I'm sure others would leap to the analysis, both pro and con, to further illuminate and sharpen the detailed issues.
I don't thing the primary problem is finding at least a few credible people or organizations, since so many of the wrong choices are under fire, like the ones you mention, which helps clarify those left standing.
The primary problem is simply to politically acknowledge the issue, and recommend the task be undertaken. Like the Apollo Project, it is the mandate that energizes everyone into solving problems, and, so to speak, "cut the crap".
If politicians fail, citizens will have to make it happen, through dedicated philanthropy perhaps, or grass-roots orginizations. |
