Iread all of Rep. Pete Stauber's response column in the News Tribune on Aug. 1 to the St Louis County officials’ criticisms of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. He concentrated on two or three of the hundreds of changes in the bill, issues such as reductions in SNAP benefits and getting Medicaid recipients to work. He ignored the billions of dollars more in government and military spending.

If we are in a declared national financial emergency, why are we spending billions for new programs, giving huge tax breaks to people and corporations, and spending more for military and government programs — all while increasing the national debt by trillions of dollars? Is there some secret way to spend more money to get yourself out of debt? Republicans tell me we will have huge economic growth that

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