I heard an expression used by Mr. Kissinger in a geopolitical context. He said that:
not every problem in the world can be solved with a short-term solution.
I think it is difficult to find win-win solutions. Yet I don't think that a wide gap between the budget and the estimates is a good idea. That creates a problem right from the start. It is possible to continue to track spending every quarter. Jason Jacques has developed a website—not a lot of money went into it—that makes it possible to examine those types of expenditures. It is a way to help you, but it is not a solution.
You really need two documents that are basically identical: a budget document for the government to explain its policies and to provide economic projections and fiscal forecasts, and a document for departments explaining program activities within the same fiscal framework.