Our national debt is out of control, but nobody seems to care

Breaking news: Federal spending is out of control.

I'm kidding, of course. Spending, deficits and debt have been out of control for years. It's just that last week we broke yet another record.

For the first time in our nation's history, federal spending topped $3 trillion in a fiscal year's first eight months, according to last week's Monthly Treasury Statement.

How much is $3 trillion? According...