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To: Gasshog

Zero level budgeting at the federal level. We don’t (by default) start off by taking last year’s budget for Agency X, and figuring out if they got too little or need more.

We decide if the program is needed and either fund it or phase it out.


8 posted on 03/01/2011 10:20:54 AM PST by rlmorel (How to relate to Liberals? Take a Conservative, remove all responsibility...logic...)
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To: rlmorel

Carter tried this when he was president. Congress shut his attempt down.


12 posted on 03/01/2011 11:40:17 AM PST by benldguy
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