Except with most debt you’re making incremental payments toward it. This is skipping one of your scheduled payments and then claiming that your budget is balanced.
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?
All debt is “kicking the can down the road” in some way, having a plan for it seems better than not though.
Except with most debt you’re making incremental payments toward it. This is skipping one of your scheduled payments and then claiming that your budget is balanced.
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?