CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 10, 2022
WE PAY OUR TAXES, BUT WHERE DOES IT GO? THE DEBT HAS PASSED $30 TRILLION, BUT WHERE DOES THE SPENDING GO?
ONE PLACE IT HASN’T GONE MUCH IS TO COVID-19 RELIEF. THE WASHINGTON TIMES – A REAL NEWSPAPER – REPORTS THAT CONGRESS APPROVED ABOUT $6 TRILLION TO FIGHT THE PANDEMIC. THAT’S MORE THAN WAS SPENT TO DEFEAT NAZI GERMANY AND JAPAN IN WORLD WAR TWO. BUT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WENT TO FIGHT COVID? LESS THAN 15 PERCENT.
THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS IN WASHINGTON. YOU CALL A BILL SOMETHING TO FOOL THE PUBLIC AND THEN MEMBERS SPEND IT ON SOMETHING ELSE. THE TIMES REPORTS $50 BILLION TARGETED FOR VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS IS LESS THAN CONGRESS ALLOCATED FOR AN OBAMACARE EXPANSION. ANOTHER $53 BILLION ALLOCATED FOR VIRUS TESTING AND MONITORING IS DWARFED BY AN $81 BILLION BAILOUT FOR PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS THAT DEMOCRATS STUCK INSIDE THEIR MASSIVE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN LAST YEAR.
DO YOU SEE HOW OUR MONEY IS WASTED AND THE POLITICIANS – SOME OF THEM ANYWAY – LIE TO US? WHY NOT, WHEN THEIR GOAL IS RE-ELECTION AND THEY AREN’T SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY. THEY’RE SPENDING OURS. THE ANSWER? VOTE THEM OUT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
