NICK GILLESPIE responds to Jonathan Chait. “Those supporting a reversion back to Clinton-era tax policies constantly blame the Bush cuts for starving federal coffers and, hence, increasing the deficit. Why partisans such as Obama and Pelosi would then argue that 82 percent of foregone revenue – $3.2 trillion out of $3.9 trillion – should go uncollected is understandable in light of electoral politics. But that doesn’t make it any less deceitful.”