MixedInk launched early this year as a collaborative writing tool with a democratic editorial process towards finished documents. It’s platform, which promotes various voting tools, document-creation options and recommendation features, is now being used by Congress for the writing of a health care policy.
Congressman Anthony Weiner is helping to head the new project, asking citizens to help draft important health care principles that will be included in the upcoming bill. Click here for more details on Congressman Weiner’s new project.
The process being used for the writing of this bill is the same as other document-creation systems, enabling contributors to browse, rate and write their own portion. Sections of one person’s contribution can be mixed and matched with others, while the rating process can be used for recommendations on the best aspects of the document so far. See our initial review of MixedInk for more details of the MixedInk process.
This move is not entirely surprising in this day and age, especially when you consider the open-forum format that many members of Congress and other aspects of our government are turning to in order to involve the public for different levels of the governmental system. As for the current attitudes towards involving citizens in such a process, President Obama and his efforts towards leveraging web-based platforms for doing so has influenced both members of our government as well as the public, making it a more idealistic goal that we all can actually work towards.
So is this a democratic process for Democracy itself? That depends party on the level of participation from the public, as well as the level of acceptance from Congress representatives themselves. In some sense a web-based platform used for anything involved in the bill-writing process is self-selective, as a participant would need to be invested in writing a bill as well as have access to the Internet. This self-selection isn’t entirely different from any other aspect of a citizen-influenced process within the governmental system, so hopefully web-based platforms such as MixedInk will be able to improve the overall process for the better.
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@ patrick
Yes i too say that congress should not intervene in any health insurance for any citizen
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SUB-Health Care. Stupid Obamaa.
Obama always telling the story or example of his Mother,Grand Mother,Friends etc
when he saw,heard or feel he realize like Gautom Buddha that Health care is essential.
Because of fund,burden,maintenance,discipline and other lot of reason it is not possible.
We spend billion dollar for Iraq war,billion dollar for Afghanistan war, billion dollar donation
to Pakistan to kill Terrorist, Billion dollar tsunami help to Indonesia,billion dollar help to Haiti
billion dollar spend to help other country,billion dollar spend to finish terrorist & enemies .
Once in a while few criminal people destroy World Trade Center their main motto to disturb
American Economy and they success because they know that American Government spend
billions and billions dollar in coming hundred of years for stupid Security and war.
I am Intercom,Telecoms,security Device Technician and Contractor in NYC area. i know
how they are living in their Apartment. Terrorist and other many 3rd world country's people
are more happy than American people.American people can not open window can not keep
open their door more than 30 second once in a while if they want to smoke cigarette in
the house they can not because of different type of Alarm. They can not naturally laugh or
kidding because of Cameras.American peoples are under law,under Security,under discipline
under fear,under artificial life, no natural life[Natural life means not Animal life] Why? when
i am going to repair Nursing 100/300 line intercom/alarm system the people those are living
in apartment since 10/20 or more years in same condition they have TV,Intercom,and many
other item and facility too.no improvement no activeness they are just like Tree
If We are thinking that War is our Business OK i agree i am also from Business community.
every year we can try to search different country and different reason and different terrorist.
but why you are spending more and more money to other country for help and why you are
spending more and more money for security if you can not take Health care of our peoples.
Instead of collecting money by tax or other way for Health care why not thinking to Save
money for health care if 1000 people[mayor,Governor,Congressman,etc]think about save
save for Heath care we may success. for how to save money and time.An example-- save
instead of 34feet highway make it 33 feet save 1 feet,instead of 10 TV on each platform
make 9 save 1,instead of 100 pages school book make in 99 save 1 page instead of every
100 Bomb in Afghanistan save 1 Bomb instead of 100 people kill in Iraq save 1,
instead of one year time for health care make it in one day,instead of 10/20 years court
case make it in 9/19 years and save 1 year.save 1 drop of oil and save 1 drop of eyes.
I don't understand why 51% need to pass Health care it should be 100% every one either
Democratic,Republican,Independent,Educated,illiterate,criminal,non criminal,poor,rich,legal,
illegal,every one should support Health care without voting this bill should pass in Peacefully.
Every country sending their Student to USA and they are learning good and essential
eduction that is help full for their country & USA.American people are not sending Student
to other country this is absolutely wrong some time we are getting better things in Garbage
America should send their student at least for one semester to Afghanistan,Iraq,India,china
and other 3rd world country in this country lot of good things to learn don't learn bad things
Honorable President Mr Obama was absolutely not stupid since his childhood he think better
he introduce far better plan it is absolutely right decision for American people we every
one should support not to Obama but support for Health care bill in any circumstances.
Desire-Every1000 years make something extra ordinary work like Bible,ChinaWall,TajMahal
-Release 99% prisoner those are in jail up to 2009 release on 2011 on condition.
- Mumbra[Bombay]to Howrah[Calcutta]Housing Project every alternate kilometer.
-Celebrate Dog Day this day we should take care of Caw,Goat,chicken,fish.river.
-House ID every house should fitted Gov address plate stated street#Town,zip.
Stop 2years new immigrant use and train those are illegally since more than 5 years.
When i was dead God said right now i am going to finish Earth but to see your face i change
Tell me which country you like to save? Because of my poor English i confused i say oh if
you like to finish, finish America. God say no no no no which country you like to save save
I say oh oh Ok than save America because i am sure that American mother are best mother
in the world they can make a future of American people and as all country's people and all
religion in America so save America ha ha save America....................God Bless America.
Ramesh shah-624 summit ave jersey city NJ-07306-easyintercom@gmail.com-5516891784.
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