government can accurately predict the cost of anything. former director says this would increase the crushing debt, not save us money. that's great. listen. i can settle this. it requires two things. two things for this not to be really severe, to quote alan greenspan. one, this will give you hope. for no boo-boos coming for america, the government has to be right about the money. that's the first one. they always -- okay, forget this board. this aren't the droids you're looking for. they just have to be right about the cost estimate. and the second thing, because the cost estimate were based on the idea that congress would cut the spending. so that one requires congre