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Fiscal Literacy Should Be Required for Elected Officials

Fiscal Literacy Should Be Required for Elected Officials
A pedestrian walks past a sign for a Merrill Lynch office in downtown Seattle on Sept. 15, 2008. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo
John Moorlach
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Having served in public office for a quarter century, I marvel at the fiscal illiteracy of many elected officials. Now that I have a little time to reflect, I’m amazed at how a flim-flam-type salesman can come in and offer an idea where the only real winner is the salesman.

John Moorlach
John Moorlach
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John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.
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