The National Debt
I was born and raised in New Hampshire. My dad was a Republican, and I can remember having discussions with him about the national debt. The GOP reasoning back then was that the US government should have to balance their budget — just like every family has to do, sitting around the kitchen table and finding a way to make ends meet.
Our national debt has exploded, starting with Reagan’s tax cuts. All our presidents since then have added to the total. Today, our total national debt is over $38 trillion — and we are adding $5–6 billion every day.
What happened to those citizens, both Republicans and Democrats, who abhorred the national debt? Elon Musk’s DOGE experiment in saving federal dollars has been a complete waste of time, and if anything, has just added chaos, inefficiency, further expense to the government’s budget.
Suddenly, we have a war in Iran with no exit plan. Congress has not authorized those military operations, but the costs are quickly rising. The war is costing us over $59 million every day — a figure that could cover the daily costs of Medicaid for more than four million Americans.
We should not be in the war for a number of reasons — moral, constitutional, and financial.