CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 23, 2024
IT PAINS ME TO WRITE ABOUT THE OUTRAGEOUS THING CONGRESS HAS ONCE AGAIN DONE TO US. I AM RECORDING THIS ON FRIDAY SO THINGS MAY HAVE CHANGED BY TODAY, BUT THE THREATENED GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OVER A SPENDING BILL FITS THE DEFINITION OF EXTORTION: “the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one’s office or authority.”
THE HOUSE WAS ON THE VERGE OF PASSING A 1,500 PAGE BILL STUFFED WITH PORK, INCLUDING MONEY FOR A MOLASSES TASTER AND PAY RAISES FOR MEMBERS. ELON MUSK AND PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP GOT A VERSION OF MORE THAN 100 PAGES, BUT ENOUGH REPUBLICANS JOINED WITH ALL DEMOCRATS TO KILL THAT ONE.
IT’S ALWAYS THIS WAY. A DEBT CEILING IS ALWAYS RAISED, MAKING IT MEANINGLESS. THEY THREATEN TO SHUTDOWN THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA IF WE COULD START OVER, PUT GUARDRAILS ON THE SPENDING AND HAVE TERM LIMITS.
THIS IS, OR OUGHT TO BE, A DISGRACE. IF VOTERS KEEP ELECTING BIG SPENDERS, DON’T EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS. THAT INCLUDES TOO MANY REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE JOINED THE EXTORTIONISTS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
