In a debt crisis, a new ballroom, Air Force One and billions for ICE are a waste

Forgive me if I'm feeling a little confused (regular readers of this column will probably say "what's new?") but aren't we in a national debt crisis?

Our national debt has ballooned to nearly $37 trillion dollars in recent years, thanks in large part to spending during the COVID-19 pandemic to assure that businesses didn't close and workers could still feed their families and pay the bills.

The debt is why, supposedly, that we allowed a team of 20-somethings with no government experience called the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE to take a meat cleaver to federal agencies.

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