The Winston Group, a Republican polling firm (and my former employer), has a new video imagining President Kennedy’s response to the media’s skepticism over extending the Bush tax cuts.

Economists — even the conservative ones — might be skeptical that tax cuts still pay for themselves. They might say we’re no longer on the wrong side of the Laffer curve, as we were in JFK’s day. President Kennedy cut the top rate from 91 to 70 percent. If the Bush tax cuts were to expire, however, it would rise from 35 to 39.6 percent.

Which is to say we should extend the Bush tax cuts, yes. But we should cut spending too.