The Starting Point for Each Year's Budget Battle Is a Calculation

Multiple Choice

The starting point for each year's budget battle is a calculation of the cost of continuing existing programs without change and an adjustment of the costs merely to reflect shifts in work load (e.g., increase in number of clients) and effects of inflation.This estimate is called

A) current services budget.
B) continuing resolution.
C) incremental budget.
D) marginal analysis budget.
E) the Congressional Budget Office Estimate (CBOE) .