Rand has been there since 2011.
Q: Has he ever passed anything that reduced the size or cost of Gov?
A: No
Unfortunately, his asinine attack on all tariffs (just to show how he is standing up to the evil orange man) destroyed his credibility on everything.
Yah can’t go around defending flat earth nutjobs and then expect your other positions to be respected. No. If yah wanna ride the fence on a particular issue you have to be ambiguous. He was not. He attacked DJT just to show that he could do that. His argument on this issue here might be great, but I will not waste my time trying to sort out the partisan crappola.
Trump wants this passed. Let’s go!
Tariffs are not going to be enough. Meager spending cuts are not going to be enough. Even tax increases are not going to be enough.
We need to cut overall spending, long term, by about 10% across the board.
The ONLY thing that would convince the politicians to give up their spending habit is something akin to a national heart attack. And even then, the “national cancer” has debilitated the patient so far that it would be too little, too late.
Financially, the country is screwed.
Rand Paul has established himself as a good talker, accomplishing nothing while frequently derailing forward progress in fixing America’s issues. If he were serious he would have come up with concrete suggestions or bills that can be acted on rather than just opining.
All of his rhetoric is posturing, disingenuous. All hat; no cattle.
Shannon Bream, same bent as Chwissy Wallace, but a bit easier on the eyes.
Faux News is dead to me.
“””RE: Tulsi Gabbard put on terror watch list: This is offensive to every civil liberty in this country. I will get to the bottom of this.”””
Sure, Rand. Just like all the other things you talk about but never do.
Well reasoned only in the sense that he thinks he’s smarter than everyone else, including Trump. Just like his old man. FAFO, Rand.
Rand Paul is a useless little punk who wants to hear his own brilliant voice saying things he especially would like to hear. He is not a team player. He is every bit as destructive as his colleague, Bitch McConnell just with the right pointless words. He says good things and then acts like McCain.
We realize you are in love with the man, but let’s just be polite and say his welcome here on FR is wearing thin......
Tds media darling and loon.
he's going to keep a real budget bill from passing, so he can cram a c.r. with his share of pork.
he's becoming nothing more than a barking lap dog like chafettes and gowdy became, always making a big show, but never accomplishing anything.
If the pork is not in the bbb, will the uniparty pass the bbb ?
I hope you have your asbestos pantaloons on. Rhetoric supporting balanced budgets will not be tolerated here, because Trump’s in charge, and it’s a Big, Beautiful Bill.
In the business world there are two things that must be done simultaneously to survive. Without both it just will not survive.
1. Increase revenue.
2. Cut overhead costs.
The only logical conclusion for congressmen voting for these budgets is they believe their loved ones have a life boat to escape the coming chaos. They are incredibly naive. Money alone will not assure survival.
I think medical costs have to be brought under control.
Split most hospitals into two so the US hospital system is generally competitive.
Drug expenditures have to be controlled say by a federal price schedule by drug type and volume. If sellers don’t sign up to the schedule, then patients will get issued purchase orders at the schedule price.
biologic, unique - $500/month/patient
biologic, me too - $400/month/patient
...
breakthrough, chemical - $200/month/patient
....
premiums by volume for unique, breakthrough drugs, to be cumulatively applied:
under $10 million in penultimate year program purchases +50%
under $20 million in penultimate year program purchases +50%
under $50 million in penultimate year program purchases +20%
under $50 million in total program purchases +50%
under $100 million in total program purchases +50%
under $1 billion in total program purchases +20%
There would be co-pays by drug type, cut in half for children, Medicaid and under 65 Medicare (i.e. disabled) patients.
Each US licensed medical doctor and pharmacist would get to vote on $10,000 to be allocated for schedule buy-ins for up to 10 biologic, breakthrough and orphan drugs, pending or approved, of their choice to be made by electronic voting with voted sums shown.
The voting would be done in July. The buy-in would have to be done before the third Friday in August (or 30 days after the drug finally gets approved).
Maybe Rand should try something different - something other than self aggrandizement and stabbing Republican leaders in the back. It would be one thing if his grandstanding worked - but it has NEVER worked. NOT ONCE. It always helps democrats make us look like we don't know what we're doing.
Here's my suggestion - Rand needs to run for President and see how many people TRUST him enough to vote for him. Part of 'trust' is the ability to work with others toward a common goal - and achieving that goal.
Make it happen Rand. WORK WITH YOUR TEAM RATHER THAN AGAINST THEM. Results matter. NOT cheap words. Work WITH your team, not against them. Results Rand. Results matter. GRANDSTANDING IS BS - CREATES HEAT NOT LIGHT.
“Enacting a debt limit increase that only lasts a few months also gives fiscal conservatives another leverage point to force deep spending cuts”
New public housing might be created by government providing a site and letting a commercial builder build at his own risk a building in which he gets say a percentage of the space, the right to pick and evict the subsidized tenants and a monthly payment of say 50 cents per square foot for space occupied by subsidized tenants.
The percentage might be determined by competitive bid.