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Conferee urges spending limits, zero-based budgeting and independent efficiency audits
Summary
Dr. Vance Ginn presented recommendations including a state spending limit tied to population growth plus inflation, zero‑based and performance budgeting, independent efficiency audits, and reduced reliance on federal funds.
Dr. Vance Ginn, a conferee before the Committee on Government Efficiency, told legislators the state should adopt a “responsible Kansas budget” that limits total spending to no more than population growth plus inflation and use that cap to prioritize spending.
Ginn said such a cap would “allow for a macro growth rate” so education, Medicaid or other priorities can grow but the total budget would not exceed what the average taxpayer can afford. He described the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) as “kind of the gold standard” for spending limits and said…
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