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Attention K Street: Opportunity Knocks
Bhutan may only recently have opened itself up to TV, the Internet, and democracy, but it has already grasped the secret to improving productivity in these modern times.
The remote former kingdom high in the Himalayas has forbidden its newly elected lawmakers to use laptop computers in the National Assembly.
Why? Legislative leaders are worried that they will waste too much time sending needless email and playing computer games, Reuters reports.
"The members can be distracted playing games and viewing pictures," assembly speaker Nima Tshering told the news agency.
Just wait until Bhutan develops a lobbying industry. Then the speaker will see how something else -- money -- can distract legislators from the public's business.
by Mark Stein
