CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 3, 2025
THE UNDERLYING REASON FOR THE SO-CALLED GOVERNMENT “SHUTDOWN” IS BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS DOING WHAT IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO DO AND SO HAS BECOME DYSFUNCTIONAL.
WE HEAR ABOUT THE FOUNDERS AND SOMETIMES STUDY THEM IN SCHOOL, BUT NO LONGER FOLLOW THEIR PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE SUSTAINED AMERICA FOR NEARLY 250 YEARS.
THOMAS JEFFERSON PROMOTED MINIMAL GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CITIZENS. HE SAID “A WISE AND FRUGAL GOVERNMENT…SHALL LEAVE MEN FREE TO REGULATE THEIR OWN PURSUITS OF INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT, AND SHALL NOT TAKE FROM THE MOUTH OF LABOR THE BREAD IT HAS EARNED.” JAMES MADISON EMPHASIZED THAT THE POWERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WERE “FEW AND DEFINED” AND INTENDED TO BE EXECUTED PRIMARILY ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS RATHER THAN THE EXTENSIVE DOMESTIC MATTERS OF THE PEOPLE.
THESE PRINCIPLES UNDERSCORED THE FOUNDERS’ BELIEF THAT GOVERNMENT’S PURPOSE WAS TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND PROPERTY, NOT TO EXERT BROAD CONTROL OVER SOCIETY.”
YES, THE TIMES ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THE PRINCIPLES REMAIN. WHEN THEY ARE VIOLATED. WE GET WHAT WE NOW HAVE. PERHAPS THE PRSEIDENT CAN USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STREAMLINE THE GOVERNMENT AND HEAD TOWARD TO WHAT THE FOUNDERS INTENDED. I’M CAL THOMAS.
