Budget Magic Tricks. Elizabeth Garrett.
by Garrett, Elizabeth; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 39Business. Publisher: World & I, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Accounting | Budget | Budget -- Law and legislation | Budget deficits | Budget process | Fiscal policy | Government spending policy | Politicians -- Attitudes | Revenue | Tax reduction | United States CongressDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Magicians use sleight of hand to convince us that the impossible has occurred before our eyes. Politicians aim to be budget magicians, using tricks to convince voters that government is fiscally prudent while at the same time spending continues unabated and taxes are reduced." (WORLD & I) This article relates that "budget magic tricks have been a fact of political life for decades" and stresses the importance of understanding "the real fiscal implications of policy choices."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Budget Magic Tricks, July 2003; pp. 54-59.
"Magicians use sleight of hand to convince us that the impossible has occurred before our eyes. Politicians aim to be budget magicians, using tricks to convince voters that government is fiscally prudent while at the same time spending continues unabated and taxes are reduced." (WORLD & I) This article relates that "budget magic tricks have been a fact of political life for decades" and stresses the importance of understanding "the real fiscal implications of policy choices."
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