Can the Average Joe Produce a Better Budget?
Aviva Rubin
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Posted 05.30.2012
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Canada Politics
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East Harlem,
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Cezar Buzatto,
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To coincide with budget day in Canada yesterday CBC's "The Current" featured a segment on something called participatory budgeting, which engages local citizens and communities in allocating funds to projects and priorities. Average citizens are no less equipped to make these tough decisions than average politicians.
