Rebekah Sanderlin's father lived frugally, saving money and working hard for decades. He retired at 50 but then lived in what Sanderlin calls a "monastic frugality prison" before dying at 58.

If we elect him again, we are the suckers and losers. Rebekah Sanderlin is a writer, a military advocate and the longtime spouse of a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran. She is a former columnist ...