Hmm, Florida is getting interesting suddenly
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It's not the government pay the law is designed to find, it is the kickbacks. Those getting filthy rich aren't doing it off their paycheck.
Asking officials to declare their income isn't to look at what the government is paying them that is already part of the official record. It is looking into their other sources of income and getting it on record what they are receiving to where at some point the discrepancies in what they say they are making verses what they are spending and putting away can come to light.
I understand that and I agree with that and I support that. I will reiterate my question. “Who should be responsible for reviewing these records?”.
The only real solution would be independent auditors, but who gets to decide who reviews them, and how do you keep independent and not corrupted in a completely corrupt system is the real problem.
If we had law enforcement that was actually active in doing their jobs there would be no need for such disclosure because the front pages of the news would be filled with people arrested and going to prison for taking kickbacks and bribes.
Government salaries (income) are public.