they deliver to the white house and congress the information they need. the budget committee is going to vote out the cbo score on how much the legislation will cost and business will go on. do you think that the white house has an argument here? in 2010 you said about running this organization, it doesn t always get it right the first time. you wrote an opinion piece in the new york times and said it s required to not secretary guess the plausibility of what it is handed, so fantasy in, fantasy out. does the white house have a point here? it will depend on how they score the legislation. they re bound by law to take at face value claims like in ten years we re going to cut the deficit by $500 billion.