CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 6, 2026
THE COST OF AVOIDING THE LATEST (BUT NOT THE LAST) THREAT OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WAS HIGH. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS JOINED IN A NEW SPENDING SPREE, ADDING TO THE NATION DEBT NOW AT $38 TRILLION AND COUNTING. HERE’S SOME IF IT, COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION AND COLUMNIST KIM STRASSEL OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
PORK IS BACK – THE KIND OF SPENDING THAT MEMBERS DO WITHOUT GOING THROUGH COMMITTEES. $1 MILLION FOR THE ALASKA JOINT ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING TRUST TO UNDERWRITE WELL-PAID UNIONS. (BLAME LISA MURKOWSKI). $7 MILLION FOR WEST VIRGINIA’S CHARLESTON CAPITAL SPORTS CENTER (SENATORS SHELLY MOORE CAPITO AND JIM JUSTICE), $1 MILLION FOR NEW YORK’S METROPOLITCAN OPERA ASSOCIATION FOR NEW ELEVATORS (SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER) $375 THOUSAND FOR MASSACHUSETTS’ JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL; $200 THOUSAND FOR NEW YORK’ CITY’S METROPOLITCAM OPERATION ASSOCIATION (CHUCK SCHUMER); $375,000 FOR JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL IN MASSACHUSETTS (ED MARKEY AND ELIZABETH WARREN); $200 THOUSAND FOR A BALTIMORE SQUASH CENTER (CHRIS VAN HOLLEN).
AND ON AND ON IT GOES. WHERE IT STOPS ONLY VOTERS KNOW. BUT THEN IT’S HARD TO RESIST FREE MONEY, EVEN WHEN WE ARE IN RECORD DEBT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
