02-16-2012, 12:27 AM
This has been my constant complaint for ages now. "Use it or lose it" is probably one of the biggest problems in government -- and corporate, and educational, and whatever -- spending. The assumption that if one didn't need all one's money this year, one will also not need it next year, is downright stupid. And we end up with nonsense like what your friend is experiencing. I once had to print 250,000 letterheads and envelopes "on the most expensive paper they have" just to burn through a state agency's budget. It's sickening. Why don't they put an end to this stupid, stupid idea?