The reason it works is because it requires a balanced budget. However, Texas' constitution is still rather confusing and can be frustrating for law-makers - it just doesn't suffer the budget problems.
Re:California: The ungovernable state
by krakensden on Sunday June 07, 2009 @05:01AM
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I thought I remembered Texas have a budget disaster eight years ago...
It's the fact that it is both long AND convoluted that causes the problem. Convolution is the major problem. Length makes convolution much easier to pull off (How complex can you really make a 1-page constitution?), but it doesn't guarantee it.
That said, Texas's may be just as crazy, just in a crazy way that somehow works. That's unlikely though. It's pretty hard to make an extremely complex governing document that will stand the test of time and still function properly as Texas's apparently does.