Pelosi: We'll pay down the deficit

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats could use a proposed new tax on the wealthy to pay down the deficit, if there's money left over after funding healthcare reform." full article here

Does she have any idea that perhaps, just perhaps, the cost will be greater than anticipated? When, other than the Hoover Dam, which I got to tour earlier this year, has a government program EVER cost less than anticipated?

So, when we realize that the costs are larger than expected we will institute a new tax on the wealthy to keep from adding to the deficit--just don't tell anyone **shhhhh**