but that's counterbalanced by being too knowledgeable about PPBES -- at least as it was operational in the 80s and 90s.

It does break widgets out of programs but the myth lies in the fact that the authorization is most always last years plus inflation.

Your summary is succinct and accurate -- hard to do and thus a good job, I think. Only thing you left out was the fact that the widgets will have to be produced in West by God Virginia...