I can’t remember where I read this essay but it went along the lines of: no one is really interested in reducing costs, they’d much rather increase revenue, the

I can’t remember where I read this essay but it went along the lines of: no one is really interested in reducing costs, they’d much rather increase revenue, the reason being that the larger your budget the more important you are on the totem pole and reducing your (already approved) expenses doesn’t make your budget larger.