Brief by Central Staff
Rural Life – May 1995 – Colorado Central Magazine
CARBON COUNTY, Utah — We hear a lot about unfunded mandates these days. In essence, an unfunded mandate occurs when the federal government requires the states to do something, like “motor voter registration,” and then doesn’t provide the money — financing is left to the states. This way, one set of politicians gets to take credit for a program, while another set gets to suffer the political heat for raising taxes to pay for the programs.