Writing in the Atlantic, Clive Crook claims that “All of the administration’s tax cuts account for only about a quarter of the deterioration in the ten-year projected budget balance since 2001. The rest is outlays—on defense, and on everything else.” But that’s not right — according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Bush’s tax cuts represent 51 percent of the cost of legislation enacted since January 2001. Where did Crook get that figure?