(Posted by: Admin on Sep 27, 2003)
Type: Public Policy 

Budgeting - "Mass Balance"

A budget simulation game designed to let a player make budgeting choices similar to the choices legislators are making in order to balance the Massachusetts State Budget by bringing spending into line with existing revenue projections.

Some programs cannot be cut, others may be cut but the consequences are potentially severe and the importance of some programs only becomes clear once you have learned a little about them. The game is intended to entertain and educate players about some of the nuances of the state's budgeting process.

Presented by the Worcester Polytecnic Institutes's Game Development Club, Senator Richard T. Moore and the Massachusetts Senate.

URL: Mass Balance

Other budget simulations online:

New York City

Minnesota

Budget Utah (download)