The decision making approach in which policy makers ignore last year's spending levels and begin current year budgeting from scratch, justifying every single dollar of proposed spending is called
A) zero-based budgeting.
B) incrementalism.
C) five year plans.
D) satisficing.

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Zero-based budgeting is a method where every expense in an organization must be justified for each new period, starting from a "zero base," without assumptions based on the prior year's budget.

The Decision Making Approach in Which Policy Makers Ignore Last