Mandating that a certain amount of money (especially a percentage) of budget be spent on something (no matter how noble or desirable or effective) is one of the

Mandating that a certain amount of money (especially a percentage) of budget be spent on something (no matter how noble or desirable or effective) is one of the ways that California has managed to ballot initiative itself into failure. I think I actually prefer the system where people decide what to spend money on, I just wish there was a better way to dislodge the beneficiaries of the current money spigot before they become institutionalized automatic rubber stamped welfare recipients...