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To: TimF who wrote (42358)	3/23/2010 7:19:30 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 71588

Re: "Which is what I said right after the part you quoted. Which is why I can only "blame the CBO" in that sense, to a mild degree. Setting the rules that way minimizes intentional bias, but it does so at the expense of creating other serious problems in the analysis." Partisans (of the Left and of the Right, or the Middle or the Up or Down for that matter) are certainly FREE to conduct their own in-depth econometric projections anytime that they want to... and making any sort of "assumptions" that they desire about what the shape of the future and future laws will or won't be. Just SO LONG as they clearly outline right up front exactly what their assumptions for the future are... obviously different assumed baseline conditions can drastically alter the end results. Because without that level of disclosure it would be impossible to mathematically compare or contrast any different analysis.