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Christopher Shays: “the way this started, we are talking about a baseline, and we figured in inflation. Then we said last year, even though…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1996
the way this started, we are talking about a baseline, and we figured in inflation. Then we said last year, even though we spend more, it is not an increase in spending. I remember when I was first elected in 1987, I would go back home and say, ``We cut spending here and here and here,'' and my constituents would say, ``If you cut spending, how come the spending keeps going up?'' That was a very logical question, and I realized I was using that concept of a baseline budget.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the concept of baseline budgeting and its implications on public perception of government spending.

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