I loved me some Ron Paul. Rand Paul? Sure, him, too. But he’s got some lousy sense of timing. We’re battling vicious Communists for control of the future, and he wants to go rouge and put a bunch of GOP Senators on the spot with a budget proposal which isn’t going to pass.
He doesn’t control the calendar or process
For over 50 years “timing” has always been an excuse for not reigning in spending. The higher the debt level, the shriller louder the voices that we can’t take action now, we must do so in the future. It will always be that way until economic forces bring the inevitable default by the federal government.
When the day of reckoning occurs you will be amazed how quickly the budget can be balanced. The draconian spending reductions that occur with a corporate or household bankruptcy, when lenders cut off the money flow, are no different with a nation. The military will come home from overseas and be disbanded. All grants of federal money to the states, NGO’s, and foreign aid will end. Entire departments will be wiped out and the remaining federal employees will see their pensions terminated and their wages slashed. SNAP cards will no longer be replenished.
The bureaucrats lucky enough to keep a government job will be happy with their fate, because at least they will have jobs. Unlike the millions of working class citizens who today live on the edge and who will end up jobless and on the street begging, dumpster diving, and dying of starvation. Armed gangs will strip homes and businesses of assets, and control urban areas, with no fear of police intervention. The justice system will completely break down as the nation descends into chaos, abject poverty, and mob rule.
Don’t say it can’t happen here.