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Budget gimmicks

The Washington Post

What’s a budget gimmick? It’s a generic name for any kind of self-executing, automatic process that supposedly will achieve a predetermined budget goal if future Congresses fail to meet that goal. Sarah Babbage has an excellent rundown of the three possible budget gimmicks under consideration as part of any budget deal, but here’s what you need to know: Budget gimmicks don’t work.