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We are Accountable for what our government does (and doesn't) do...

1/17/2018

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Accountable citizens are appropriately informed. Government acts for all of us at local, state and federal level each day.Through a variety of taxes and fees, each of us helps pay for what government does.  When we register our vehicles or pay for a driver's license or pay taxes on our food or pay our income taxes, we are contributing money to support government activities.  When government at any level uses our money to act, it is reasonable to assume the government acts with our consent.  Government is essentially a service we have hired to take care of certain things on our behalf.  Accepting our responsibility for government action means that we accept accountability for what government does and does not do.  Accepting accountability for actions we do not understand is at least unreasonable and probably negligent.  Therefore, we should make an effort to be appropriately informed in order to exercise our citizenship in a reasonable, responsible way. 

An excerpt from Accountability Citizenship, p. 39, by Stephen P Tryon, Xlibris, 2013.

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Kenneth Schultz link
8/23/2018 07:46:41 am

Accountability is an invaluable trait. And sometimes, it is good to be accountable to others. It has a pragmatic impact on personal development. By being accountable to others, the person can perform better under observation. It will allow him to receive a genuine response from others. He can comprehend the game plan that is required to stick to the commitments. On the whole, I can say that if a person understands the true meaning of accountability, then he can discover the path to stay grounded in actuality.

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Stephen Tryon (author of Accountability Citizenship) link
8/23/2018 10:04:01 am

You are correct in many respects, Kenneth. The sense in which I intended the word “accountability” in the title of the book is that of being accountable to ourselves as well as to our fellow citizens. One of the most important things we can do in this regard is to balance our sources of information—

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    Author of What Makes a Great President?, Close Encounters With Accountability Citizen-ship, Thy King Dumb Come, & Accountability Citi-zenship, Stephen P. Tryon is a businessman & technologist with extensive experience in e-commerce, a retired Soldier, and former Senate Fellow.

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