When Your Strongest Criticism Is a Lie...

it might be time to give up. Paul Krugmans destroys Douglas Holtz-Eakin's alternate universe and closes with this:

That said, we do learn something important from Holtz-Eakin’s article. If this is the best critique a conservative budget wonk can come up with – if deliberately misrepresenting how the legislation works is the only way to make it seem irresponsible – then the bill must be pretty sound in fiscal terms.