The federal government’s debt burden passed $40 trillion last week, a terrible milestone. It shows the extent to which we are living beyond our means and need to make hard choices.

As we evaluate this growing economic and national security threat, we must first properly diagnose how we got into this dire position. Democrats are misdiagnosing the problem.

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