 But 25 years from now, those children could be workers. And which tax credits their families received, how much food and support those kids got at home, could impact their future earnings and the economy for decades. That's not necessarily something the CBO would calculate. For most cost estimates, the information we provide is at the 10-year horizon. Philip Swagle is the director of the CBO. We have a particular mandate to provide budgetary information to the Congress.