Your laugh of the day: the Citizens Briefing Book
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The White House attempted to arrange these “ideas” into categories, but some of the assignments seem rather weak, while a catch-all category has its own revealing moments. For instance, under Service, the White House placed “Create an on-line E-library,” which might have been better suited for Technology. “Expand small business innovation programs” should have gone into the Economy category, which also probably should have gotten “A New Decentralized Energy Grid,” instead of Homeland Security — or at least that should have been in the Energy & Environment section.
The biggest vote-getter got stuck in the “Additional Issues” section, which as “Ending Marijuana Prohibition” with over 92,000 votes. A call to revoke Scientology’s tax-exempt status could have gone with the aforementioned tax-reform issue in the “Economy” category, but it looks like the White House was a little too embarrassed by it — despite it getting over 52,000 votes. But that’s no less embarrassing than the weird “word clouds” that head each section.
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