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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by bmelton on Thursday March 31, 2011 @10:17PM (#2394657)
That is, I believe, the worst possible idea.

"[A democracy] can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury."

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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by Duff on Thursday March 31, 2011 @11:00PM (#2394756)
We're pretty much there. Probably 60% of the average family's spending is on housing, fuel and food. All of which are heavily subsidized.
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Re:Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut by tomjen3 on Friday April 01, 2011 @01:43AM (#2395115)
Sure, but he said where they want their money spent. That would kill plenty of lobbying, hopefully all of it.
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