I've seen that a lot, and I've discussed it with quite a few people. I think that a lot of money could be saved if that was changed, though maybe organisation a

I've seen that a lot, and I've discussed it with quite a few people. I think that a lot of money could be saved if that was changed, though maybe organisation and allocation, making the next budget, could become harder. The sad thing is, most people don't seem to care. I even tried to discuss it with the Minister for Development (I'm in Germany) at some point, since I've been working in a place within his influence and saw people do ridiculous things with money near the end of the year, but he didn't even try to understand what I was talking about (he half-heartedly tried to get some names out of me though). Maybe he was too drunk, I hope he was. (Then again, that particular place I worked at measures their progress towards goals in money spent, and that is what the bosses fret over.) Maybe one of the reasons is that the government tries to stimulate the economy and thus keeps up the spending. Still, talking about austerity at the same time is a mismatch. I'm still trying to figure out this puzzle. Does anyone here have any clues to the situation? Is there a good reason for this rule to exist?