Brad DeLong would probably say that Bruce is being shrill in this piece.

Possibly... But it's hard to argue with what he's saying.

FYI...Bruce sat between Andrew and me at the Committee for a Responsible Budget dinner we talked about several weeks ago.  I think he was the one who was the first to looked extremely pained when former OMB Director Jim Miller said all tax cuts paid for themselves.  Here, here, and here is what we said.