I greatly admire Switzerland's "debt brake" because it's really a spending cap.
Politicians are not allowed to increase spending faster than average revenue growth over a multi-year period, which basically means spending can only grow at the rate of inflation plus population.
Theoretically, taxes could be hiked to allow more spending, but that hasn't happened. The Swiss are very good about voting against tax increases…
Many on the liberal left wish we were more like Europe. In one sense, I agree: As Mitchell shows in the linked post, if we had the spending cap Switzerland employs, we wouldn't be stuck in this fiscal morass.
Posted by Phineas Fahrquar 
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