Louisiana's Jindal Starts With Accountability and Transparency

"Newly elected Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), one of the brightest and most creative people in public life, began his governorship with an executive order making state spending transparent and ordering it to be posted on the Internet so every citizen could see how their tax money is being spent.

For a Louisiana governor, this was an enormous step toward reform.

Transparency in government spending is a growing movement among the states and, like so much of the innovation on the state level in America, it's an idea the President would do well to make his own.

Publishing all non-classified federal spending on the Internet would put the power to unearth fraud and abuse in the hands of the American people.

It would be a step toward real accountability in government.

In other words, it would be real change, just what we need in Washington right now."

-- Newt Gingrich --

[HH: I like this idea. This kind of transparency could be very empowering to the citizenry on all levels; local, state, and federal, if everyone followed suit. Which is why it won't happen anywhere else. Facts are dangerous things ...especially to politicians.

Instead, Jindal will be treated as if he has leprosy. Who does he think he is? Is he trying to undermine the establishment?]