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The two-syllable word budget doesn’t sound music to the ears. It doesn’t have any romance in it either. You’ll never hear anyone say, "That girl makes my heart flutter, but doesn’t fit in my budget!" For that matter Shah Jahan never thought of making a budget for the Taj Mahal. I, sometimes, wonder that when the Central Government spends a lot on the country’s defence, why helpless and hapless husbands never think of keeping anything aside for their personal defence. In fact, the Central Government should give some tax rebate on things a married man buys for his personal defence. One last word. The
Budget makes no mention of the services and privileges of the
lobbyists, who run and oil the system. We do a great disservice by
ignoring them.
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NOW
that the Budget has been announced, talks, debates and discussions
continue. I think that Budget has a direct connection with worrying.
Those of us who do make our personal budgets first worry on how to
spend that money. Once that has been done, they then worry on how that
money was spent. Those who don’t make a budget don’t worry,
earlier or later! Like William Feather says, "A budget tells us
what we can’t afford but it doesn’t keep us from buying it."