In Government-talk, a “Cut” Could Mean an Increase

• Each year’s budget contains both:

• • A set of spending numbers by agency for the current fiscal year, and
  • Projected spending spending for each agency for future years out until 10 years in the future.

• In government-talk, a spending “cut” is when the current budget amount is less than was projected for this year when last year’s budget was submitted.

• • A “cut” is does NOT necessarily mean this year’s budget amount is less than last year’s budget amount.

• So, government agencies can have their budgets “cut” each year, but still have more money to spend each year than the previous.