"In the wake of the recent debate over the debt ceiling, I imagined my father’s solution. If the goal were to cut $4 billion from the deficit, he’d have suggested that the Republicans be put in charge of coming up with $2 billion of tax increases and the Democrats with finding $2 billion of cuts in services and entitlements. “Only when you try to argue your opponents’ point of view,” he’d have said, “does your own begin to make sense.”"
What a Solomon-esque approach to a seemingly intractable problem! Moreover, what a wise strategy to use each party's strengths to promote the common good. This goes beyond a classroom exercise to real politics: the art of the possible.
The whole piece by JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN is worth reading: here it is.
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