I was trying to make the point that when you have a surplus that may go over the amount you're allowed to carry forward, you have to know sufficiently in advance to be able to spend it. To have learned this information in the last month of the year may not have given them the time. If they were going to contract services or do anything, there's a time for process to be able to get the services in and spend the money. They need to know much sooner, before year-end, that they have these kinds of surpluses in order to be able to react and spend the money appropriately. I don't think any of us want to see a kind of year-end blitz of spending.
On June 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.