CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 24, 2025
I SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EFFORTS TO DOWNSIZE GOVERNMENT, CUT WASTEFUL AND UNECESSARY SPENDING AND RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL GUARDRAILS THAT WERE DISCARDED BEGINNING WITH FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
AT THE SAME TIME, I ACHE FOR THOSE BEING LAID-OFF, NOT THE ONES WHO TOOK THE BUYOUT DEAL AND ARE GETTING EIGHT MONTHS PAY, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SUDDENLY LET GO.
I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT WORK IN MY LIFE AND IT’S NO FUN. TIME SEEMED TO STAND STILL AS I DESPERTAELY LOOKED FOR WORK. IT IS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. IN MY CASE, HUMILITY IS WHAT I NEEDED.
WHAT THOSE WHO ARE BEING SUMMARILY FIRED NEED IS COMPASSION. MOST HAVE MORTGAGES TO PAY, GROCERIES TO BUY, AND CAR PAYMENTS TO MAKE. MANY HAVE SPENT LONG YEARS IN THEIR JOBS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE. OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP THEM FIND NEW JOBS IF THEY ARE NOT OF RETIRERMENT AGE AND CHOOSE THAT OPTION.
FEELINGS OF WORTHLESSNESS AND AN INABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR ONE’S FAMILY OFTEN ACCOMPANY THE JOBLESS. COMPASSION AND HELP FINDING A NEW JOB WOULD REFLECT THE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF CARING FOR PEOPLE LESS FORTUNATE THAN THOSE OF US WHO HAVE JOBS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
