On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 09:28, David Ayers wrote: > Are we not confusing budgeting as commonly understood with financial > simulation? I submit that potential purchases do not affect a budget. A > budget that is put into place at the beginning of an accounting period > should almost never be changed, else you will find yourself shooting at > a moving target. I want to know at the end of the year how my actual > financial condition compares with what I envisioned at the beginning of > the year. That's how I learn to modify my financial behavior in > subsequent periods. Otherwise budgeting becomes a game without any real > impact. >
YES!! YES!! YES!! YES!! YES!! YES!! My point exactly!! The above is *precisely* what we need out of a budgeting tool!!! -- Matthew Vanecek perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' ******************************************************************************** For 93 million miles, there is nothing between the sun and my shadow except me. I'm always getting in the way of something... _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
