Bailout Blues
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What to Know: Badly-run and bloated city bureaucracies are pushing Congress for a big government bailout. One media outlet recently reported that: “the rallying cry is growing in Washington to put together an aid package of as much as $1 trillion for municipal governments.”
The TPPF Take: Cities need a shakeup, not a bailout. City governments—particularly in large, urban areas—need to replace old habits and outdated thinking with a new vision grounded in limited government and personal responsibility.
“Waste, fraud, and abuse afflict countless big city bureaucracies. Rather than allow these problems to persist through providing a bailout, Congress should encourage city halls to reexamine everything and service core functions only,” says TPPF’s James Quintero. “Cities can right-size their operations using the right tools. Proven concepts like zero-based budgeting, Lean Six Sigma, and efficiency audits should be widely embraced.”
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