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Join Jim and Greg as they welcome Sen. Manchin’s furious response to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s partisan response to extending the debt ceiling. They also wince as the job numbers for September come in way below expectations and the unemployment rate drops for the wrong reason. And they fire back as Dr. Leanna Wen suggests the U.S. adopt vaccine mandates for planes and trains and forcing people to get the shot if they want to see their family members. Plus, they assess Pres. Biden’s shaky vaccination math.
America’s recent presidents have been all over the spectrum politically, but they shared one thing in common: near-total indifference to our national debt.
Our nation’s founders were keenly aware of the habits of mind necessary to self-governance. Public thrift was considered essential to prosperity and stability. They knew from reading history that financial insolvency was a primary destroyer of great civilizations.
Daniel Henninger in the WSJ, by way of the 
