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'''Baseline Budgeting''' is a concept for accounting within the Federal Government for which spending can never be allowed to go below the "baseline".  The [[Tea Party Patriots]] consider it to be a scam<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teapartypatriots.org/content/the-truth-about-budgets-washington-vs-reality/ |title=The truth about budgets: Washington vs. Reality |work=[[Tea Party Patriots]] |date=December 16, 2012 }}</ref>, as do many other conservatives.

'''Baseline Budgeting''' is an accounting concept within the Federal Government that determines the necessary budget for a program for the next fiscal year by multiplying the current budget for a program by the rate of inflation.  This establishes the "baseline budget" for the next year; the minimum budget needed to keep real dollars for the program constant.  For instance, if a program is budgeted at $100, and the rate of inflation for the year is 1%, the baseline budget for the next year is set at $101.    The [[Tea Party Patriots]] consider it to be a scam<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teapartypatriots.org/content/the-truth-about-budgets-washington-vs-reality/ |title=The truth about budgets: Washington vs. Reality |work=[[Tea Party Patriots]] |date=December 16, 2012 }}</ref>, as do many other conservatives.

William Beach for the [[Heritage Foundation]] described baseline budgeting this way:

William Beach for the [[Heritage Foundation]] described baseline budgeting this way: