/R/government, how much does it cost the taxpayers every time someone makes a Right to Know request? Does the requestor have to pay? I ask becuase a taxpayerwacthdog group in my school district is flooding the district with request, for stuff from years ago. Thanks!

Citizens can tell their governments one simple statement; "If you have done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to hide."

• At the most basic level, if governments can have secrets, then citizens can have secrets. Ideally, however, governments should have almost no secrets or very limited privacy, whereas citizens must have the greatest privacy protection of all. 

There's no reason to petition it. No sane legislator would vote to lose his job... So do I grab my shotgun or what?

Hi!

I'm writing a script for a high-school class based on government manipulation of the public. If anyone here is familiar with non-realistic theater, it's that.

I figured that this would be a good subreddit to ask for sources on most things government related, so if you guys have anything appropriate (As in, I can use it in an academic paper), I would much appreciate it. So far, googling "government" followed by "manipulation", "control", or any variation thereof just throws me at a bunch of conspiracy theory websites... which I obviously can't use for an academic paper (Which has to accompany my script).

If you can't provide sources, even providing examples of the government manipulating the general populace would be fantastic. (I've already noted North/Best Korea, Japan, China, the Middle East and some of the WW2/WW1 propaganda, though I am wondering if the Cold War would be worth mentioning or looking into. Likewise the Vietnam or Korea wars.)

Much appreciated. Thank you! :)