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Cal Thomas: Who is monitoring the federal debt? It’s $39T and rising

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May 7, 2026

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Cal Thomas People of a certain age will recall a lyric from the Tennessee Ernie Ford song “Sixteen Tons”: “Another day older and deeper in debt.” I thought of that song as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth asked Congress to…

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