Static Budget

  

The budget ain't moving. It's set. Fixed. Violate it, and the extra costs come out of your pocket, not the company's. (And no, this is not a budget to increase the noise coming from your little brother's electric guitar speakers when he turns them up to 11.)

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Finance a la shmoop what is a budget? that's that thing you throw right out [Woman throws budget out the window]

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the window just before you start doing all your Christmas shopping

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right but generally it's a plan that lets you see where your money will be

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spent if you have a personal budget well you'll be able to decide ahead of time [Personal budget example]

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how much money you'll spend on clothes, food, megaphones to annoy and anger your

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neighbors and you know whatever floats your boat if you own a company well

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you'll probably have much more complicated budget for things like

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advertising and lawyer fees either way the plan helps you make sure that you

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have enough moolah for everything you need and maybe some leftover for stuff

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you want.....Joan wants to control her money so she decides to set up a budget for [Joan setting up a budget on a laptop]

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next month she makes a thousand bucks from her summer job and well here's what

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her budget looks like.....

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Now Joan knows exactly where every penny is gonna go she's not [Joan driving a car]

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gonna be caught off guard by any surprise expenses she's not gonna spend

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$200 on safecracking equipment and then realize she doesn't have enough left [Joan stood beside a vault of gold bars]

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to pay her phone bill although if she does get hit with some unexpected

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