Perhaps you’ve heard of the line-item veto, with which the executive can strike out parts of a bill while keeping the rest as law. But how about the “Frankenstein veto?” Observe: The legislature gives the governor a bill. He takes out his red pen, crosses out 97% of the document, and — Presto! He suddenly has $470,000 $427 million extra in the general fund!
(Click on the ‘Presto!’ for full effect.)
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Take heart, Arkansans. This was happening not here, but in Wisconsin, that former hotbed of Progressivism. (The Frankenstein veto was repealed by Wisconsin voters on Tuesday.) As far as I can tell, we don’t have such foolishness in this state. Although maybe such a mechanism could help miraculously raise more money for roads…