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BottomUpIdea 8 - 04 Mar 2009 - Main.MichaelDreibelbis
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 What if the federal government were to award some amount of money (say $10 or $25 million) annually to the best social programs proposed through a public wiki website? With money clearly dedicated, a well-designed website, and thought-out rules and criteria for evaluation, I think the wiki would attract lots of attention and effort.

One of Obama’s change messages is that solutions have to come from the bottom up. He wants the general public to be more involved in government and points to the internet as a means. The wiki format would be a good way to deliver. With billions doled out to corporations and public works stimulus, this could provide politically powerful balance and unique impact.

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 Take my comments perhaps as a cynical musing, but on a different note, similar things do exist. From working in a political office, the innumerous staff members of those 545 government officers you mention do look to the public for ideas and concepts. Obama was especially fond of doing this via his campaign site. However, a large public effort like this could only be positive for engaging people in the political process, and it would be interesting to see what kind of ideas it would bring up.

-- AaronShepard - 04 Mar 2009

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>		John Mccain proposed what sounded like a very good bottom-up scheme in the general election. This kind of bottom up scheme plays just as well as a good old fashioned-'merican ingenuity narrative as any kind of socialist narrative because it is all about awarding individual creativity.

-- MichaelDreibelbis - 04 Mar 2009

 
 
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