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The Price of Government: Getting the Results We Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis
by David Osborne, Peter Hutchinson
from Basic Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Government Spending 
This book offers a different approach for governments to prioritize their spending. It may not work for every body, but will provide a new way to decide where to put tax dollars to match tax payers priorities.
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Easy Read with Great Info
This is a another great book written by David Osborne, with practical, yet out of the box ideas on balancing government budgets. A great process that can be emulated by public administrators to focus taxpayer dollars on the most important programs and services. It challenges administrators to go beyond hacking away at every program budget until all the programs are barely running on a shoestring and no one is getting the results that taxpayers want.
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Relevant to educators as well as government
The PRICE of GOVERNMENT:
Getting the Results We Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis
There is no doubt that money needs to be well-spent, especially when discussing money managers such as our state and national government officials. As a "customer" of this government, I'm looking for solutions, yet finding more problems. The Price of Government not only identifies those problems, but offers solutions. The premise remains the same- what are Americans willing to pay for the services that we... more info
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Engage Workers First, then talk about PRICE 
Great ideas if anyone can find government workers or teachers who know anything or care about ...budgets.
Focus on getting workers engaged in the planning process first before introducing even the word BUDGET or PRICE of Government.
Also, using the terms PERMANENT and CRISIS in the same sentence does absolutely nothing except cause eyes to glaze over.
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