Sentence 1: For this reason, CBO's projections do not reflect the full cost of maintaining current policies if maintaining those policies would require enacting new legislation.

Sentence 2: CBO's projections do not reflect the full cost of maintaining current policies
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: And, in the long term, when there is nothing left to cut, the only way to increase profits is to increase sales.

Sentence 2: Cutting things only hurts profit in the long run.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: He views his life as a story of unfulfilled promise, the tale of an artist constrained by commerce.

Sentence 2: If his artistic talent was better, perhaps he would be more commercially viable.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
it is not possible to tell