Budgets are always a work of imagination. It is an art form to be “economical with the truth” while appearing to be honest and straightforward.
Often the real story of the budget isn’t found in the voluminous pages of the actual budget itself but in the appendices, this is where crafty governments sneakily try to slip in spending without anyone noticing.
Plus, governments are always creating new ways to creatively raise revenues while being equally creative in studiously avoiding calling them taxes.
