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minus-squareNightwingdragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI’d actually set this as the default. The Budget just keeps rolling over plus an adjustment for inflation. The house only would have to vote if any changes are to be made.
minus-squarecallouscomic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoIt’s basically how things used to be until about the 70s. They changed it to force themselves to reconsider overspending every year. Yet our deficits have ballooned and in those roughly 50 years they have passed budgets on time a whopping 4 times.
I’d actually set this as the default.
The Budget just keeps rolling over plus an adjustment for inflation. The house only would have to vote if any changes are to be made.
It’s basically how things used to be until about the 70s. They changed it to force themselves to reconsider overspending every year. Yet our deficits have ballooned and in those roughly 50 years they have passed budgets on time a whopping 4 times.