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The Most Unsuccessful Three Years In The Education Of Cost Estimators Appears To Be Fifth-grade Arithmetic.

Law Number Xx: In Any Given Year, Congress Will Appropriate The Amount Of Funding Approved The Prior Year Plus Three-fourths Of Whatever Change The Administration Requests, Minus 4-percent Tax.

Law Number Xxiv: The Only Thing More Costly Than Stretching The Schedule Of An Established Project Is Accelerating It, Which Is Itself The Most Costly Action Known To Man.

Law Number Xliv: Aircraft Flight In The 21st Century Will Always Be In A Westerly Direction, Preferably Supersonic, Crossing Time Zones To Provide The Additional Hours Needed To Fix The Broken Electronics.

Law Number Xiv: After The Year 2015, There Will Be No Airplane Crashes. There Will Be No Takeoffs Either, Because Electronics Will Occupy 100 Percent Of Every Airplane's Weight.