Where’s reform in budget? EDITORIAL 09/10/2010

Where’s reform in budget?

EDITORIAL

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09/10/2010
Noynoy Aquino has called the proposed government appropriations for 2011 as the Reform Budget, which in his budget message to Congress, he described this as being based on transparency and accountability. The entire package was P1.645 trillion, higher than the P1.514-trillion budget this year.

A major highlight of the Reform Budget was the shift in its computation to the zero-based scheme from the incremental budgeting used during the Gloria era, that according to Noynoy would assure that taxes paid will be spent for the people.

In essence, the zero budget involves the tight scrutiny of all government programs, even the most rudimentary functions that are automatically given budget increases yearly under Gloria’s administration..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100910com1.html