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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
But the problem with that approach is there's no way to guarentee prices won't drop. It most likely won't but if it does then what?
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You provide for it in the budget, using your best guess on the future.. All budgets are uncertain... they are best guess scenarios.
I just hate when parties base their budgets on totally out to lunch, extremely conservative revenue predictions. Government is like anyone else... if they have the money they'll find ways to spend it.
How may times have you (not necessarily you... but everyone) worked in a dept for a company/government and you were allocated x number of $$$ to run the dept and at the end of the year you still had $$$ left over so the dept was looking for ways to spend the $$$ because if they didn't their budgets would be reduced next year. Usually the surplus was spent foolishly.