[YankeeDoodleBoy]

It's a wonderful idea, and perhaps this is just the crusty old cynic in me, but I don't see it passing in any pure form, and I see our corrupt politicians exploiting too many loopholes, passing exemptions, or just plain ignoring it.

We still need meaningful spending limits. Else how much is each government department going to know how much to spend at the POS?

[Remember_Salamis]

"We still need meaningful spending limits. Else how much is each government department going to know how much to spend at the POS?"

-- I agree with you on spending limits, but that's besudes the point. A government entity cannot spend more than they are alloted. I'm in the military, and we work the same way: we're allocated funds every fiscal year, and we spend it the way we have to. We can't spend what we don't get. How do we spend more than we take in (deficits)? Congress allots the Federal government allowances than Treasury is taking in.

Getting back on point, Government still has to spend within it's budget.