Scott Adams Proposes a Fourth Branch of Government 341
LoLobey writes "Dilbert creator Scott Adams is proposing a fourth branch of government in the WSJ. He describes it as 'smallish and economical, operating independently, with a mission to build and maintain a friendly user interface for citizens to manage their government.' It's a humorous article with some interesting ideas including internet access as a constitutional right and a constitutional ban on all election contributions for any candidate that polls above 10%. He's primarily proposing a method of getting verifiably accurate information on various issues to aid voters in making decisions, but despairs on his own blog about reader's comments on the article."
Re:Better idea (Score:4, Informative)
Isn't corruption already illegal?
Also, can you please point out an example of a government that is less corruptible than our own?
If by "our own" you mean the government of the United States of America, then I can point to several less corruptible governments including:
Denmark
New Zealand
Singapore
Finland
Sweden
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
Switzerland
Norway
While I might be taking a bit of liberty in the interpretation (this is Slashdot after all), this is based on Transparency International's 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index (http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results)
"The 2010 CPI measures the degree to which public sector corruption is perceived to exist in 178 countries around the world"