BOONDOGGLE

A Citizens Guide to Responsable Government
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Boondoggle " trivial or useless undertaking; a dishonest undertaking, a fraud.

Pearsall, Judy and Bill Trumble, Ed. The Oxford English Reference Dictionary, Second Edition. Oxford University Press, 1996. p. 164.

If politicians and bureaucrats act responsibly, but the result of their responsible acts, or failure to act, causes a variety of harmful, unnecessary, cruel and unusual negative outcomes, then a new word is required to characterize a positive result.

NEW WORD

ResponsAble "

(response-able) able to respond in a constructive way; an ability to reply demonstrated by acts that produce constructive results; the maximum benefit for all concerned.


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