As it happens, there are more Democrats than Republicans in the Senate. Since in the end both houses must agree on a budget, perhaps the actual thing to do is to give each party the same number of votes, divided in some way between their senators and representatives.
As for whether in fact every year the budget would change in one direction, that assumes that cuts will continue to need to be made. It’s not clear how you determine the level of cuts (or increases) to be made under this game. Also, the notion that the party in power has more influence on the budget seems to me to be a benefit from the perspective of democracy, rather than a negative.
As it happens, there are more Democrats than Republicans in the Senate. Since in the end both houses must agree on a budget, perhaps the actual thing to do is to give each party the same number of votes, divided in some way between their senators and representatives.
As for whether in fact every year the budget would change in one direction, that assumes that cuts will continue to need to be made. It’s not clear how you determine the level of cuts (or increases) to be made under this game. Also, the notion that the party in power has more influence on the budget seems to me to be a benefit from the perspective of democracy, rather than a negative.
I agree that granularity is a potential problem.