CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 8, 2024
THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL THAT WILL LIKELY BE APPROVED BY THE SENATE AND SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT THAT AVOIDS ANOTHER OF THOSE PHONEY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS. IT CONTAINS 605 PAGES OF EARMARKS, WHICH ARE ADD-ONS BY MEMBERS THAT DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH APPROPRIATION COMMITTEES. THEY ARE FAVORS TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
REPUBLICANS USED TO BE AGAINST EARMARKS BUT SOME HAVE NOW JUMPED ON THE GRAVY TRAIN WITH DEMOCRATS. THEY THINK IT HELPS THEIR RE-ELECTIONS.
TWO DEMOCRATS – SENATORS JON FETTERMAN AND BOB CASEY OF PENNSYLVANIA — PULLED A $1 MILLION EARMARK FOR AN LGBTQ CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA WHEN THEY LEARNED IT HOSTED SEX PARTIES. WHY WOULD THAT BE A PROBLEM IN A NATION WHERE ALMOST ANYTHING GOES, EXCEPT MORAL PRINCIPLES?
SPENDING HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. THE INTEREST ON OUR $34 TRILLION DEBT IS GREATER THAN THE GDP MANY NATIONS. THE BORDER IS OPEN. CRIMINALS RULE OUR BIG CITIES.
WHO CAN STOP ALL OF THIS? ONLY THE VOTERS, MEANING US. AND YET, MORAL ROT CAN’T BE FIXED FROM THE TOP DOWN, ONLY FROM THE BOTTOM UP. WE ARE REAPING THE WHIRLWIND OF WHAT WE HAVE SOWN. I’M CAL THOMAS.
