Senate Calls Out-of-Control Spending a National Security Threat, Keeps Spending Anyway

The United States Capitol is reflected by a fountain in the plaza at sunrise in Washington on March 26, 2024. Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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Last month, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution saying the over 34 trillion dollars (and growing) national debt threatens national security. A few days later, a bipartisan majority of the Senate voted for a 1.2 trillion dollars spending bill. In addition to the usual increases in war and welfare spending, the bill funds gender transitioning for minors without parental consent and red flag laws, which allow law enforcement to seize an individual’s firearms without due process.