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Rand Paul Will Oppose Republican Budget Resolution Against Obamacare
The Washington Post ^ | January 4, 2017 | David Weigel

Posted on 01/04/2017 4:24:37 PM PST by JeepersFreepers

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To: reasonisfaith

Exactly. It is the ONLY solution to virtually every problem we have. Someone needs to take a stand for it. If it were up to me, everything would be privatized from schools to the police.


41 posted on 01/04/2017 8:10:14 PM PST by delete306
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To: cba123

No. He voted against increasing the debt.


42 posted on 01/04/2017 8:27:11 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: thoughtomator

You had me at, ‘profligacy.’ ;)


43 posted on 01/04/2017 8:33:41 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: JeepersFreepers

They should use healthcare reform as a chance for bipartisan agreement. It’s a live grenade. If Republicans do what the left-wing statists did and ram it down the countries throat without any compromises or deals then it will explode in their face just like Obamacare.

Trade healthcare reform for something more important.


44 posted on 01/04/2017 8:43:54 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer to drink a bunch of them. Stay thirsty my FRiends)
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To: JeepersFreepers; flaglady47; Maine Mariner; Bob Ireland; ExTexasRedhead; entropy12; danamco; ...
Failed 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul is a rather tiny man (5'7, 157 lbs.)...but with a HUGE Napoleonic complex and drive.

Ignored and forgotten by the media and public for months, he's now decided to be a rogue Republican to get back into the limelight.

He's a flaky fruitcake Libertarian which he masks very well with his calm and measured smooth-talking, his earnest demeanor and his boyish appearance. Inside his head is a feverish brain working constantly at self-promotion.

I hope President-Elect Trump slaps this twerp upside, downside and sideways....and consigns him to Elba for the remainder of his term.

Leni

45 posted on 01/04/2017 9:01:55 PM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
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To: Celerity

He’s sorta like the GOP equivalent of Jim Trafficant.


46 posted on 01/04/2017 9:02:32 PM PST by gogeo (But he's not a conserrrrrvative!)
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To: thoughtomator

That’s the dirty little not-so-secret of DC: Republicans are just as drunk on spending as Dems. Hence, more trillions in debt to come.

A lot of these guys are joyful because they see it as their chance to spend, not to reduce the size of government.

It remains to be seen whether Trump makes the connection that the solution to a lot of the domestic problems he cares about is to slash government and devolve more power to the states - and, even if he does, whether the pigs at the trough in Congress will go along.


47 posted on 01/04/2017 9:33:23 PM PST by quesney
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To: guido911; All

Didn’t Trump start out as a kind of gadfly?


48 posted on 01/05/2017 12:29:12 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: ConservativeMind
Why is THIS Congress assuming an EXTRA $9 TRILLION in debt for the next number of years?

Why? Because this is Washington and it will be business as usual. Nothing is going to change.

They will keep wasting our money, cheating us at every turn and keep selling off pieces of America.

Elections will fix nothing. Until we have a few hanging from crosses or good old solid oak limbs it will be business as usual.

49 posted on 01/05/2017 2:13:37 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: Sacajaweau
Like it or not, it has to be done in pieces. So does immigration.

Yep - doing it like pulling off a band-aid and the Dims will control everything 4 years from now.

50 posted on 01/05/2017 4:11:00 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Drago
I said that, instead of complete repeal, the GOP "could keep some of the deficit-reducers" in Obamacare. The article you linked agrees with that statement.

The CNBC explanation appears to be correct as to the specific matter that Rand Paul was voting on. My impression is that it was to pave the way for total repeal, which would increase the deficit. Paul's point seems to be that he doesn't want a deficit increase now with a possibility of reduction later (a reduction that would come if they re-enact some parts of Obamacare).

That Conservative Review article you linked is very informative about what kind of betrayal we should watch for from the Republicans in Congress.
51 posted on 01/05/2017 4:13:45 AM PST by Eagle Forgotten
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To: JeepersFreepers

The FACT is if this Congress does nothing the debt increases by $9T over the next 10 years anyway.
The Watch is on for Obama’s $20T debt before he leaves office....
https://www.fms.treas.gov/fmsweb/viewDTSFiles?dir=w&fname=17010300.pdf
We that close....


52 posted on 01/05/2017 4:40:47 AM PST by griswold3
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To: Girlene

Agreed.. can’t trust anyone.


53 posted on 01/05/2017 5:08:41 AM PST by momincombatboots (Pray for Sky, 20, two gunshots to abdomen, college student, hostess, easy prey n transformed US)
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To: Girlene

I agree. I want to know why getting rid of OCare will cost a trillion dollars a year.

That strikes me as crazy.

If I get rid of my car payment, I owe them $0.00 dollars thereafter.


54 posted on 01/05/2017 5:10:42 AM PST by xzins (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: JeepersFreepers

He is an eye doctor, and I’m sure there’s something in that Obamacare fiasco that benefits him. It’s why I didn’t like the candidates in the past elections pushing themselves as “doctors” and claiming to be conservative. Something in it for them.


55 posted on 01/05/2017 5:20:51 AM PST by chemicalman (People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.)
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To: guido911

Rand is shifty and opportunistic pretending to be a libertarian. Always has been that way.


56 posted on 01/05/2017 6:46:17 AM PST by bjcoop
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To: xzins

Well, with your analogy, just because you get rid of your car (and your car payment), you still need a means to get to work. So replacing your car payment with uber fare or bus fare will still cost more than $0.00. If Congress was in charge of your situation they would replace it with a chauffeured limo, instead. :-)

Congress needs to come out and explain just what the 9 trillion additional spending is for and how they plan to justify such expenditures. Have they learned nothing from this election?


57 posted on 01/05/2017 7:01:00 AM PST by Girlene
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To: xzins

The bill includes setting the stage for repealing Obamacare but it does so in the context of the overall budget. The $9 trillion is the amount of additional public debt that the Republicans expect to incur over the next ten years (”additional” meaning it’s added to the debt already incurred). Obamacare is only a part of that.


58 posted on 01/05/2017 7:04:19 AM PST by Eagle Forgotten
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To: Salvation
Trump utterly demolished Rand Paul during this debate exchange.

The senator is just holding a petty grudge.

59 posted on 01/05/2017 7:37:21 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator
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To: Sidebar Moderator
Trump utterly demolished Rand Paul during this debate exchange.

The senator is just holding a petty grudge.

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Anyone with an IQ much above dirt would oppose a debt increase. The population of NOT DUMB people does NOT include the majority of Republicans in Congress.

60 posted on 01/05/2017 7:58:11 AM PST by politicianslie (What would a terrorist do if he were made POTUS? : Exactly what Hussein Obama is doing)
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