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Last Updated on Monday, 21 September 2009 11:10 Written by rslcpol Monday, 21 September 2009 11:10
From the Sacramento Bee:
“They really ran to be Santa Claus, and made a mistake and filed for the Assembly and the Senate,” said Doerr, the senior tax consultant for the California Taxpayers Association.
Doerr’s reference is to a penchant of lawmakers and governors over the past three decades to spend whatever money they have on hand – and promise even more – then let succeeding budget drafters fend for themselves.
“They provide what I call the ‘free lunch syndrome,’ ” said Doerr, who closely observed Capitol life as a top Assembly budget consultant for 40 years. “They pass programs and they don’t pass the funding to pay for them.”