An Arithmetic Lesson for Steven Pearlstein

Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein often has thoughtful things to say about the economy; not today. He has one of those charming "pox on both your houses" pieces in which he even-handedly denounces the left and the right.

The denunciation of the right is fine. Complaints about economic harm from high taxes and over-regulation are utter nonsense as we all know. (We have low taxes and business-friendly regulation already.) It's the attacks on the left that defy arithmetic and ...