CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 14, 2025
THE WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE OF OUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS IS WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT. THE NEW YORK POST REPORTS $377 BILLION – OR BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL BUDGET – IS STOLEN EVERY YEAR. EVERY YEAR!!
TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT HAS PUBLISHED THE NUMBERS.
AT THE TOP OF THE FRAUD STATES IS DELAWARE. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WANTS DELAWARE TO REPAY $3.7 MILLION AFTER OFFICIALS WRONGLY CLAIMED THE STATE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR MONEY TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
THERE WERE $84 MILLION IN HOUSING PAYMENT “ERRORS” IN MINNESOTA, HOME TO SOMALI DAYCARE FRAUD. MINNESOTA RANKS NUMBER TWO ON THE TREASURY’S FRAUD LIST.
THIRD PLACE GOES TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. SENATOR JONI ERNEST OF IOWA AND REPRESENTATIVE PAUL GOSAR OF ARIZONA HAVE DEMANDED NIH HALT MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR WHAT THEY CALL “SKETCHY RESEARCH ON LIVE BATS” INVOLVING “EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION STUDIES LIKE THE ONE THAT SPARKED THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THIS MAY SEEM LIKE SMALL POTATOES WHEN YOU CONSIDER OUR $37 TRILLION DEBT BUT THERE’S PLENTY MORE. ONLY A CONVENTION OF STATES IS THE ANSWER TO ALL THE MISSPENDING AND THE CAREER POLITICIANS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
