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					Originally Posted by dksuddeth  right on track, you are. if there's a surplus afterwards, then you send out rebates. If there's a deficit, you cut spending next year by at least that much. |  This is unclear. 
 
Point 1 suggests that you can set any goal for what is required to spend to acquire desired services/programs, regardless of previous surplus/deficit.
 
Points 2 and 3 follow after point 1, not previous budget performance.
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