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Originally Posted by joshbaumgartner
I would actually much rather see each bill that is passed also include an accounting of fiscal responsibility. That is, if you pass a bill you have to also account for how we are going to pay for it. Making this enforceable would be a challenge, but I think it is worthy of investigating.
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I think California already has that. "Unfunded mandates" is the terminology, which might even be in place for the federal government.
I haven't noticed an improvement in the deficit spending of the US gov't or California's, though.