JOHN E. BERTHOUD

Unfunded mandates are an insidious way for government at one level to pass on to governments at a lower level responsibility for the funding of programs. Governments at the higher levels can take credit for instituting the program, but lower levels of government have to produce the funding.

Unfunded mandates are an insidious way for government at one level to pass on to governments at a lower level responsibility for the funding of programs. Governments at the higher levels can take credit for instituting the program, but lower levels of government have to produce the funding.