How comical it was to watch the recent Republican “debate,” especially listening to Fact-Free Donald Trump intimidate Ted Cruz into not defending himself after Trump called Cruz a maniac.

Both seemed to agree that if they were elected, they would spend hundreds of millions to build a really big fence along the Mexican border, tens of millions more to deport 12 million illegal immigrants, more millions for American bombs and boots on the ground in Syria, and millions more for infrastructure repairs.

Wow, sounded great, but my question is: With current federal spending at a million dollars per minute, where will the money come from? Cuts or elimination of Medicare and Social Security at a time when America is graying?

Patrick Eisenhart

Augusta