Lawrence Rubin says "both the Democratic and the Republican party share equal blame."Consider this thought experiment. Imagine that a Republican president increased the deficit by $1T a year for four years via tax cuts and exploded spending. This would add 1+2+3+4=10T to the debt. Then imagine his Democratic successor, via heroic measures, reduced the deficit by $1 a year for four years. The amount added to the debt would be the same $10T. So how much relative blame to these two presidents share for the added debt? The correct answer is the Republican would be responsible for all $20T and the Democrat would be responsible for zero.

Lawrence Rubin says "both the Democratic and the Republican party share equal blame."Consider this thought experiment. Imagine that a Republican president increased the deficit by $1T a year for four years via tax cuts and exploded spending. This would add 1+2+3+4=10T to the debt. Then imagine his Democratic successor, via heroic measures, reduced the deficit by $1 a year for four years. The amount added to the debt would be the same $10T. So how much relative blame to these two presidents share for the added debt? The correct answer is the Republican would be responsible for all $20T and the Democrat would be responsible for zero.

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