Sunday, June 21, 2015

Plenty of time now to check those lists: Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance has not met in 23 days (and counting)




UPDATED: What You Need to Know About the Joint Finance Endgame.  (mi Budget Blog, MacIver Institute)

Something which folks across the political spectrum can agree upon.
Now for the scary stuff, the end-of-JFC 999 motion that lobbyists love but taxpayers dread. The 999 is meant to be a wrap-up exercise for the budget to tie up any lose ends. Unfortunately for Wisconsinites, it has become an avenue for special interests and politicians to slip into the budget policy items with little debate.

Sort of like Christmas in June.  Or maybe it will be July this year.

Related posts:
Intraparty Feuding: Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance has not met in 22 days (and counting).  (6/20/2015)
Leadership missing in action: Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance has not met in 21 days (and counting).  (6/19/2015) 
A lesson in leadership: Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance has not met in 20 days (and counting).  (6/18/2015)

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