[avsteele]

That isn't the reason. They sunset in the bill so it has a lower CBO score (which calculates costs out to 10 years). If you sunset in the bill after 5 years, even if you know it will get renewed, the apparent cost goes down. Get it?

[bombcar]

The CBO score is a perfect example of the metric becoming the measure and teaching to the test.

[packtreefly]

"ThE tAx CuT pAyS fOr ItSeLf"