Short-Term Budget and Zero Budgeting

Open letter to Representative Randy Neugebauer (Texas):

Dear Randy,

I just read your latest newsletter.

You say funding the government for a week or two at a time is not the answer, and you will not continue to support short-term funding as a long-term operating solution.

I believe most of us will partially agree with that statement, but I caution you not to concentrate on the fact that you must have a long-term budget solution, because in so doing you weaken your position and resolve to stop the Socialist/Democrats in their tracks.

This is a hard ball game. You can't get everything you like. You can give up the long-term budget solution temporarily, if you want to whack the stuffing out of excess spending proposals.

I strongly suggest that you aim for zero budgeting of all the various administrative departments. This means that they must explain the justification for any expense from the first dollar, not only for any increase above past expenditures.