Yup. If they asked for a 6% increase and got a 4% increase, their budget has been cut by 2%.
I wish we could always be factually accurate about things.
This is a prime example. If a budget increases 4%, but they had wanted 6%, they say it’s a “cut” in spending of 2%.
In the real world, that is not a cut in spending. In the real world, spending went up by 4%. Only in government spending, or among political operatives, are they allowed to lie and say that spending was cut by 2%, by some evil Republican administration.