
“State Budget Solutions has been keeping an eye on the bag of tricks employed by legislators and other budget officials. These budget gimmicks hide the true cost of government and set up states for fiscal calamity down the road. In 2013, not much has changed, though some states have attempted to fix gimmicks they employed in the past. Here are a few of the most ‘popular’ gimmicks (and even some solutions to the gimmicks) that we’ve come across in 2013.”
http://www.statebudgetsolutions.org/publications/detail/the-worst-state-budget-gimmicks-of-2013
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