Sunday Talk: Ernst on Washington Going Bankrupt While Wasting Billions of Taxpayer Dollars on Unused and Unneeded Properties

Sunday Talk: Ernst on Washington Going Bankrupt While Wasting Billions of Taxpayer Dollars on Unused and Unneeded Properties

by U. S. Senator Joni Ernst Despite being the nation’s largest landlord, Uncle Sam will never win a round of Monopoly, the classic boardgame where players try to make money—and avoid going bankrupt—by buying, renting, and selling property. That’s because Uncle Sam, who is already $36 trillion in debt, refuses to sell off unused and unneeded properties that are nothing but money pits. Washington is paying out over $81 million maintaining underuti…