Government Budgets' shortcomings

Government accounts are afflicted by a twofold shortcomings:

- On  one hand, they are shortsighted and lack time perspective, since budgets are generally for one year, with only limited perspective on a three year horizon.

- On the other hand, accounts are specialized for liquidity management and do not address either the question of income nor the question of wealth accounting in any significant manner.

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