Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Governors Fear Medicaid Costs in Health Plan - NYTimes.com
Unfunded mandates have been killing state government budgets for a long time because the actual funding must come from state revenues.
Raising taxes is often the only alternative for the states.
So, the federal government avoids the blame...
Raising taxes is often the only alternative for the states.
So, the federal government avoids the blame...
Kevin Sack and Robert Pear cover it in the New York Times (registration required):
"'I think the governors would all agree that what we don’t want from the federal government is unfunded mandates,' said Gov. Jim Douglas of Vermont, a Republican, the group’s incoming chairman. 'We can’t have the Congress impose requirements that we are forced to absorb beyond our capacity to do so.'"
