Policy Matters: Making government serve the people
Policy Matters: Making government serve the people By: Ahniwake Rose Guest Columnist January 20, 2021 Ahniwake Rose When it comes to how our governments work, budgets should be policy tools that reflect how we intend our governments to operate and signify what we want them to accomplish. At least that’s the way that it should be. However, many governments – like the state of Oklahoma – build public budgets based on the availability of revenue. This means the upcoming year’s budget follows a similar allocation pattern from the previous year. As a result, policy priorities fr...
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