There were plenty of surprises in last week's presidential debate. For one, Americans who rely on the mainstream media for their news learned that they had been lied to for the past three years about President Biden's capability to do the job he was elected to do.

The realization that the media has been lying for years about Biden is a positive development, as, hopefully, thoughtful Americans might begin wondering what else the media has been lying about. For example, they will find out that the media has been lying to them for years about Russia and Ukraine and about the Middle East and elsewhere. They will find out that our hyper-interventionist foreign policy does not make us safer and more free, but the opposite.

Unfortunately for most Americans, foreign policy is something that happens "over there," with few direct effects back home. Dumping nearly $200 billion into the lost cause called "Ukraine" may at most seem like an annoyance to many Americans, but it's not like they are being snatched up by gangs of military recruiters and sent to the front line as is happening to Ukrainian men.

However, $200 billion is real money and the effect on our economy is also real. The bill will be paid by each American family indirectly through the inflation "tax." Each dollar created out of thin air and spent on the Ukraine debacle devalues the rest of the dollars in circulation.