Yep. That is a big issue...0 based budgeting. There is no reward for “saving”.
But that is why I said agencies/military units that get a lot of funding can waste the most. Units will small funding kind of have to always play catch up so they can’t waste so much.
One thing that *could* help is to do a 2 year budget instead of 1 year. That would cut wasteful end of year spending in half since it would only happen every two years.
Agreed! Congrats on your retirement!