Local health care representatives and activists are raising awareness for a national issue going under the radar: the...
Robinson: Dirty little secrets of government funding
It’s budget time for government. Few have worked in the public sector. Fewer still understand how taxpayers’ money is spent. But here are some reasons why funding is a mess for the many government jurisdictions that exist. The May spending spree. Government agencies, departments and programs are spending as much as possible in order to empty their budgets. There is no reward in government for efficiency. If a department fails to spend all of its money, the reaction is it didn’t need all it got. So department heads have learned to justify their budgets they must spend all they have...