This Week’s Sign of the Economic Apocalypse
Posted in Government Gone Wild on Dec 24th, 2010
From Steve Malanga: Some budget trickery betrays pledges made by lawmakers to taxpayers. One common example is “sweeps,” when a state shifts money from accounts dedicated to specific purposes, like highway maintenance, into general accounts where the money can be spent on anything. One honey pot is the tax revenue designated by federal law for […]
