Quick, go and read super-wonk Keith Hennessey’s dissection of the fuzzy math surrounding a possible budget deal. The numbers being tossed off are staggering: $4 trillion in savings over 10 (or is it 12?) years, $2 trillion over 10 years, etc. But what are these “savings” being measured against? Hennessey writes:
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