LETTER: Debt ceiling issue is back
January 18, 2023 - 9:01 pm

As we again reach “doomsday” and the debt ceiling needs to be raised to avert catastrophe, the threats include Social Security payments, military payments and other vulnerable programs. I don’t see “not being able to hand out money and weapons to other countries” on the list. Maybe these expenditures are budgeted in. Or are they exempt from default?