[calex59]

Of course they wouldn't think of cutting some administrators pay, or firing a bunch of useless government workers. This is typical of liberal government actions. Make things as rough on the ordinary citizen as you can and hope they will scream to have their taxes raised.

They should let the citizens of this city go through the budget items and ax the ones they think are unnecessary, not what the government wants to cut.

[LomanBill]

[They should let the citizens of this city go through the budget items and ax the ones they think are unnecessary, not what the government wants to cut.]

They is We, and such a mandate could be enacted via an initiative but... Any suggestions as to how this kind of Citizen participation would be physically implemented?