Much like the spending strategy, these clampdowns have bought some time, but at a huge cost to rulers' legitimacy.
Our first phase priorities: bank reform, our spending strategy; infrastructure, housing and transport; a modern growth agenda; reform of the energy market and Europe.
Some might say that it is surely a good thing for a government to have a spending strategy, and to display consistency and rigour.
"The president is appealing to a very small conservative base of people, his last few friends in the country, to say, 'I am conservative,'" said Senator Patty Murray of Washington, a Democrat involved in mapping the party's spending strategy.
Even if Brown succeeds in taking the knife to the budgets of Cinderella departments such as the Cabinet Office and HMRC, analysts say his spending strategy could still be tripped up if the economy fails to perform as he hopes.
"You can pay for direct mail or TV ads at the last minute, but you can't shortcut long-term volunteer training programs," said the official, who was granted anonymity to discuss the campaign's spending strategy.
But the increase must come with a sustainable 10-year national spending strategy, so that institutes can plan their activities ahead; the institutions in turn must see the increase as an incentive to meet predetermined targets and implement structural changes.
Their spending strategy appears to be working.
Under 'dry' conditions, ET/P ratios at Stubai were slightly higher, indicating a 'water spending' strategy.
Hence, the observed 'water spending' strategy at Stubai might have negative consequences for downstream water users.
