The open and collaborative ethic brought by the social web offers an unprecedented opportunity to reimagine the relationship between the federal government and its citizens through an online footprint developed not only for the people, but also by the people.

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And the death of any kind of redistributive ethic makes it tough to seek solutions to social ills.

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Poor people reacted to their perverse incentives by losing an ethic of work and family, and the social fabric of their communities disintegrated.

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