president obama came in a couple tenths ahead of the c.bo but this is an entire percentage point and this is just cheating. it is just one. wats he is cooking the books. there are some real increases in defense is that homeland security while cutting spending for the poor. in terms of making the numbers add up. two separate issues. bernie sanders thinks it is an unfair budget for the poor. that s a valid issue. the math doesn t work. you ve written about the tax dodge in your article. this budget assumes tax reform that steve noox, the treasury secretary said not likely to be seen at the earliest, the end of 2017. as you know, very hard to do in and of itself. and not only that, they assume that it would be deficit neutral. another one of those, like the old joke that the economist on the desert island who needs a can opener and says, assume a can opener.