tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506492938749742916.post9133643601945724663..comments2024-03-03T03:57:09.548+00:00Comments on Internet's Best Secrets: Portugal Public SpendingCarlos Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06977756139964818233noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506492938749742916.post-29142132589994739392009-01-18T02:27:00.000+00:002009-01-18T02:27:00.000+00:00@ArtThe issue is: those figures/descriptions are a...@Art<BR/><BR/>The issue is: those figures/descriptions are available from an official government site - one that has been around for over 2 years and was yet to have a working search function - rendering it useless.<BR/><BR/>Now that people started talking about it; they tell us everything will be up and running in 10 days!<BR/><BR/>I know that there are lots of errors in those numbers - and that's exactly the point. They should start treating these figures seriously, and not as something "no one will ever care about."<BR/><BR/>At least these articles had some impact and made some people came forth and explain these mistakes. (And that was its intended purpose.)Carlos Martinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977756139964818233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506492938749742916.post-40957814994442945832009-01-17T20:11:00.000+00:002009-01-17T20:11:00.000+00:00I applaud the spirit, but crying wolf while quotin...I applaud the spirit, but crying wolf while quoting figures that have not been verified is doing a disservice to the citizens of Portugal. <BR/><BR/>Worse yet, it could give some corrupt or incompetent politician a perfect excuse to dismiss these gotchas as false and unreliable.<BR/><BR/>Something to think of?Art Minthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156988729969257040noreply@blogger.com