I'm not sure how that differs from increasing, if you're talking about this envelope to that envelope. I'm not sure what problem that solves.
One of the things I am a bit concerned about is that I think the system forces the numbers. It's like an egg carton; a lot of effort is in making sure the eggs go in the carton properly, and then people think they have done a great job. As I said, I don't know where that gets us.
Our current system doesn't necessarily allow multi-year allocations and projections. I know why they don't like them; I know finance doesn't like it when current governments commit future governments to expenditures. However, if we can get the bar raised on transparency, the trade-off to the bureaucrat might be a little bit more flexibility on the timeline in terms of multi-year planning. I can't believe, with globalization and technology, that the budgeting process fits nicely in a 12-month cycle. I don't believe that. I think we need to try to come up with ways of providing flexibility, provided the level of transparency is there.
In the current situation, I think we're just overwhelmed with data, and even though somebody could point to every single authority sought and probably find every penny, it takes so long that it just isn't practical.