Apportioning Blame for the Deficit

David Leonhardt’s column breaking down the “causes” of the budget deficit has been widely reported and the bottom line repeated many times:

President Obama’s agenda, ambitious as it may be, is responsible for only a sliver of the deficits, despite what many of his Republican critics are saying.

Marginal Revolution: Apportioning Blame for the Deficit

This is a must read.

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