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Governor's spending limit bill introduced in Senate
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Gov. Mark Sanford's plan to put greater limits on government growth into the state Constitution were introduced Thursday in the Senate.
The legislation would let voters decide whether to limit future increases in state spending to a combination of inflation and population growth.
Sanford said it is similar to spending caps that Colorado used, but without the problems created there when a slower economy conflicted with other requirements in that state's law to increase education spending.
"The bottom line is we don't believe government should be growing more than twice as fast as people's paychecks," Sanford said.
Similar legislation will be introduced in the House.
