Tax fantasies of the right and left

Credit where credit is due -- Steven Pearlstein writes a decent column. Smartest bit:

The old Republican fantasy was that tax cuts were the magic elixir that would solve every problem. Now that the public has finally rejected it, it's disappointing to see Democrats offering up the equally fantastic notion that Americans can have all the government they want while getting someone else to pay for it.

Maybe there is hope other Democrats will start to realize this.