In a debt crisis, large expenditures are a waste

ALL THINGS NEBRASKA | PAUL HAMMEL

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 thirty-seven-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.