• Brainsploosh@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    But… it is?

    Budgeting is a cash flow management tool. Deferring payment is a cash flow positive action.

    Besides the budget you also have a balance sheet, where debt is a liability, that is separately balanced against assets. It’s not very clear what that means for governments though, if debts exceed assets, who will reclaim a government?