简介：Incremental (i.e., line-item) budgeting enables politicians and state agency personnel to more easily makedecisions that are in their best interests—at the expense of the taxpayer. When the major policy trade-offdecisions are made within a very short period of time by only a few elected officials, politicians can too easilyto promote their interests by protecting politically-connected employees and pet projects from budget cuts.
简介：Incremental (i.e., line-item) budgeting enables politicians and state agency personnel to more easily makedecisions that are in their best interests—at the expense of the taxpayer. When the major policy trade-offdecisions are made within a very short period of time by only a few elected officials, politicians can too easilyto promote their interests by protecting politically-connected employees and pet projects from budget cuts.