Local government budgets
Local government budgets are the budgets of cities, counties, school districts, and other local taxing authorities, such as park or community college districts.
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[edit] Local government budget sites
The No Taxation without Information movement advocates the view that all local governments are obligated to post their budget online, on their website.
- It should be very easy for a regular person to quickly locate the budget on the website. In other words, a link to the pages where the budget is located should be prominently displayed and correctly labeled.
- The budget should be searchable.
- The website should also store copies of past year budgets, allowing people to readily compare the budget from one year to the next.
- Ideally, the website will include graphs and charts that enable people to visually grasp the basics of the budget.
[edit] Cutting costs
[edit] Incarceration
A 2010 study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research recommends the incarceration rate of non-violent offenders comprising 60 percent of the prison population be reduced by half.[1] This would lower correctional costs for state and local governments by $7.6 billion per year. The federal government could save an additional $7.2 billion annually.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Issues: Local Government Budgets—The Civic Federation
- "Balanced budgets in local government"—Institute for Balanced Government
- "Lawsuit Abuse Harming Local Government Budgets," Fox & Hounds, October 7th, 2011
- "Local government budget trends," GovPro, July 14, 2011
- "Survey: States facing pressure from federal, local governments," Kingsport Times News, November 29th, 2011
[edit] References
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