There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government. (William Vickrey)

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government.

William Vickrey

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