JoeB131
Diamond Member
Having worked in both the Goverment and Private Sector, I would say a lot.
When I was in the military, we had a budget for our unit for "expendable supplies". Except that at the end of the year, if we didn't use it, we'd lose it, so there would be a mad rush at the depot in September to use up the last of your money if you hadn't already, and you usually got things you really didn't want or need, but you had to use that money up.
Compare that to the private sector, where you have to really justify every expense on its own merits.
You left out that in August, you start budgeting. If you're smart, you over budget so when it gets slashed, you get a budget that is still more than you need but not what you wanted.
A vicious cycle.
Well, I wasn't in the budgetting part of it. I was just a supply sergeant. But point taken.