Here's a new resource on the basics of the budget process.

We try to make the budget process understandable by comparing it to a story - with a beginning, middle and end, as well as characters, conflict, and resolution.

If you already get the budget process, please show it to a friend, or distribute it to people who don't get it.

Educating people on the process could encourage them to get involved in budget politics. And it might cut down on all the phony baloney that budget analysts have to deal with. An educated public wouldn't let politicians get away with budget smoke and mirrors, you'd think.