Posted on 03/19/2020 2:33:23 PM PDT by Red Badger
“We should never forget fiscal responsibility, even in a crisis. My amendment seeks to offset the new spending by making numerous cuts in less important areas.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today on the U.S. Senate floor, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke on his amendment to the U.S. House-passed coronavirus response bill to offset the new funding, prioritizing spending in this emergency rather than funding endless wars or paying for frivolous programs overseas.
In his speech, Dr. Paul noted that “next time, maybe in the not-too-distant future, our children may not even be able to borrow their way out of a crisis” because of Congress’ massive, unbalanced spending.
“All because we refused to do what we were elected to do, which is to prioritize the truly vital, such as coronavirus relief and medical research, over the extraneous, such as spending money on clown colleges, gas stations, and roads in Afghanistan,” Dr. Paul stated.
Dr. Paul’s amendment sought to offset the new spending by making numerous cuts, including the following:
– Making permanent a law requiring a Social Security number to claim the child tax credit.
– Giving the president the authority to transfer existing money to pay for the programs in the bill.
– Ending the war in Afghanistan, with a total secession of operation by the end of the year.
Rand always has some solution that is just a side dish to the true issue at hand.
At least he’s consistent.......................
Isn’t it our tax money? Or are we selling US bonds to China and borrowing?
Rand Paul...you owe me...give me my check!
The virus centers: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle/Tacoma. See the pattern here?
Well, he's right.
Probably just printing money out of thin air, and putting numbers in a computer..................
They won’t be swayed. The helicopters are fueled up and waiting for the cash.
HOORAY Rand. Eliminate 3/4 of the federal agencies. Make the legislature part time. I’m sure many other Americans can find ways to help Americans who truly need it. CONgre$$ is not capable.
I am all for a social security number for any child tax credit!!! To many illegals getting all these goodies!!
We have gone WAY PAST fiscal responsibility way past!!!
He is totally right. But that helps nobody right now. The devastation of this is going to be incredible. His problem is he’s never had to worry about money. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. So tell the server who worked 50 hours a week to suck it up is pretty crappy. It’s not any of the workers fault.
It’s what the people voted for, I hate to say it. None of the politicians want to get “school lunched”. Half of the country sees Uncle Sam as Santa Claus.
Give it a month. The newly unemployed will be coming down with corona virus, with no health insurance. There will be protest marches in the streets by June.
I would like to see this situation create a little more frugality in government spending, when it comes to all of the redundant or meaningless “studies”, some if not all of the “arts” funding, as well as MUCH of the spending that goes overseas.
I appreciate that Rand Paul is trying to bring some thought to the issues.
Debt slaves of the republic, UNITE! Make that money, watch them burn it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_nvWreIhg
One Republic
Below is a link to an article with (and about) Congressman Davy Crockett’s speech on giving away money:
http://www.101bananas.com/library2/crockett.html
And to be fair, Crockett’s speech is based on his education by a farmer that corrected him on a previous vote where Crockett DID vote for the government to give money to a burned-down business.
One sane man in a congress of loonies
Problem is how many emergency measures can the government afford
Nothing like further blowing up the national debt and nobody in D. C. gives a rip.
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