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We can no longer afford to pay more for - and get less from - our government. The answer for every problem cannot always be another program or more money. . . We must reward the people and ideas that work and get rid of those that don't.

Bill Clinton and Al Gore, National Performance Review, 1993

Andrew McIntosh/sacbee: Lawmakers lash out at EDD (9 Feb):

The latest overruns come on top of a five-year delay and $80 million more in cost increases on other computer modernization projects at EDD, according to a report produced for the Assembly Insurance Committee.

Change we can count on.