Seeking to bring its spiraling debt under control, Japanhas undertaken an unlikely exercise: lawmakers are forcing bureaucrats to defend their budgets at public hearings and are slashing wanton spending. The hearings, streamed live on the Internet, are part of an effort by the eight-month-old government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to tackle the country’s public debt, which has mushroomed to twice the size of Japan’s $5 trillion economy after years of profligate spending.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/business/global/29debt.html?scp=2&sq=Japan&st=cse
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nice, clear and very interesting article adrianna
I agree with Jazmin, it was very clear. I think it was interesting how Bureaucrats are very useful.
Very interesting article Adrianna.
I hope that this way people will have a right to say what they think they should do with spending money. Good article though.