Some people believe it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. Others believe that the public has a right to be fully informed.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
Politicians are representatives of the public and work towards the betterment of the society. The actions taken for the same may or may not be useful for the public. The prompt asks whether the information withheld by the political leaders is justified. In my opinion, I strongly believe that no piece of information should be hidden from the public for three reasons.
To begin with, people pay taxes and elect a suitable leader who is focused on development of their province. The leader is liable to explain the utilisation of the public money. If one doesn't question the expenses, the leader may use it to quench his thirst of avarice. For example, India faced a major scam in the name of 2G network expansion. The amount was 176000 crores was equivalent to 10% of country's GDP. Had the public not questioned it, similar frauds would occur in future and the politicians would fear nothing and continue pocketing honest taxpayer's money. The above example illustrates how keeping mum and not questioning your elected leaders may hinder the development of the society.
Further, any decision taken towards to betterment of the society has to be consulted with the public before execution. Imagine a fly over being constructed in a region with scarce population. The fly over maybe considered as a mark of growth, but was it actually necessary. India built the tallest statue in the world at the cost of 3000 crores. But at the same time, millions of people were dying of hunger. Had the government consulted with the public over the construction of the statue, it would've been rejected and utilised in a far more efficient way. The above instance illustrates how proper utilisation of resources is necessary and how an important is played by the public.
To add further, one may argue that leaders may face many situations, which conveyed to public may cause panic. But informing people and keeping them aware of the impending doom may help them prepare well than not knowing anything at all. People are entitled to be aware of every situation, be it a nuclear war, or an alien invasion.
To end it, people in the current society are highy educated and wish to be part of the development by actively being involved with the government, working with the officials to determine the areas where aid is needed the most. This is only possible if government reciprocates the same by keeping public actively involved in all the national affairs and working towards the common goal of betterment of the society.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 186, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...utilisation of the public money. If one doesnt question the expenses, the leader may u...
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Line 3, column 554, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'taxpayers'' or 'taxpayer's'?
Suggestion: taxpayers'; taxpayer's
...r nothing and continue pocketing honest taxpayers money. The above example illustrates ho...
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Line 5, column 495, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: would've
...over the construction of the statue, it wouldve been rejected and utilised in a far mor...
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Line 5, column 647, Rule ID: DT_JJ_NO_NOUN[2]
Message: Probably a noun is missing in this part of the sentence.
...ation of resources is necessary and how an important is played by the public. To add furt...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, if, may, so, well, as to, for example, in my opinion, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 11.3162921348 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 33.0505617978 48% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2091.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 426.0 442.535393258 96% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90845070423 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.54310108192 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6940636623 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 227.0 215.323595506 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532863849765 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 657.9 704.065955056 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 40.5014410815 60.3974514979 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.9130434783 118.986275619 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5217391304 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.5652173913 5.21951772744 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.224174947313 0.243740707755 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0602312807788 0.0831039109588 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0511221747212 0.0758088955206 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126855500657 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0768244226289 0.0667264976115 115% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 14.1392134831 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.2 12.1639044944 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.24 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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