Government budget: A government budget is a financial plan that outlines how a government will spend its money over a specific period of time, typically a year. It includes both expected revenues, such as taxes, and planned expenditures, such as spending on social programs, infrastructure, and defense. See also State, Government, Taxation, Government debt._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |