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What does it mean?
The speaker notes the obvious nature of a budget document containing numbers.
In plain terms
A budget is just a list of numbers.
What can you take from it?
Bureaucratic documents can be bluntly descriptive.

Where it applies

  • press briefing
  • budget debate

Putting it to work

  • simplify communication

Questions to consider

  • What is a budget?
  • How do we explain it?

Another view

It trivializes the complexity behind budget numbers.

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