Dear Editor: In 1960, Republican President Eisenhower asked Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling following expenses incurred by the Korean War. This initial increase was supposed to be temporary. By fall 2025, these perennial seeds of debt ceiling debate have yielded 78 increases and a $37 trillion obligation. This cycle will soon repeat itself with no definite solution but to...

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