More from KUOW Government When Did Taxes Become A Bargaining Tool? KUOW | By Hannah Burn Published November 8, 2013 at 2:49 PM AKST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen David Leonhardt's "Here's the Deal." Ross Reynolds talks with David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief of the New York Times and author of "Here's the Deal: How Washington Can Solve the Deficit and Spur Growth."