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US Open Government Sites To Close

Posted by timothy on from the spending-other-people's-money dept.

SEWilco writes "US government sites which promote open government are going to shut down soon due to not enough funding being directed at them."

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  1. Re:Bitter Irony by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 5, Informative

    An investment firm is hiring mathematicians. After the first round of interviews, three hopeful recent graduates - a pure mathematician, an applied mathematician, and a graduate in mathematical finance - are asked what starting salary they are expecting. The pure mathematician: "Would $30,000 be too much?" The applied mathematician: "I think $60,000 would be OK." The math finance person: "What about $300,000?" The personnel officer is flabberghasted: "Do you know that we have a graduate in pure mathematics who is willing to do the same work for a tenth of what you are demanding!?" "Well, I thought of $135,000 for me, $135,000 for you - and $30,000 for the pure mathematician who will do the work."

    Same principle applies here, I suppose.

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  2. Re:But it's a good idea... by TheABomb · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sadly, that's not a joke.

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  3. Re:But it's a good idea... by nomadic · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's because they only usually think taxes are too low for *other* people.

    Don't know about that, the limousine liberals who right-wingers and slashdotters like to excoriate frequently are advocating for tax increases for their own tax bracket.

  4. More hope, more change, more broken promises by st0rmshad0w · · Score: 5, Informative

    Every fucking politician is a lying duplicitous scumbag, and we should be able to sue their asses when they break their promises.

    Verbal contracts are binding in my state, I think campaign promises should fall under those rules.

  5. War by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Informative

    $4 million is what. 20 minutes in Iraq/Afghanistan? A day in the "War on Drugs"?