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Additional Reforms JOB TRAINING The Roadmap prepares the Nation’s workforce for success in the global economy by creating incentives for States to transform conventional Federal job training into a flexible, dynamic program focused on results, accompanied by clear measures of transparency and accountability. BUDGET REFORM One reason the Federal Government’s major entitlement programs are difficult to control is that they are designed that way. A second is that current congressional budgeting provides no means of identifying the long-term effects of near-term program expansions. A third is that these programs are not subject to regular review, as annually appropriated discretionary programs are; and as a result, Congress rarely evaluates the costs and effectiveness of entitlements except when it is proposing to enlarge them. Nothing can substitute for sound and prudent policy choices. But an improved budget process, with enforceable limits on total spending, would surely be a step forward. This proposal calls for such a reform. Related Documents:
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New York Times: State debt woes grow too big to camouflage
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