Rand is not the bad guy. The entitlements, given by the POS Progressive politicians must be cut. Go to work for your food just like the rest of us....or starve on the streets. You will figure it out.
Not sure why I am your target....
They should be required to do the jobs that Americans don't want to do (and wetbacks are being removed from)
Yeah but that won’t stop the big gubmint wing of FR from calling Paul a Losertarian kook or whatever.
No, he's not. We could use 99 more just like him.
When Senator Paul is for or against something, you can be assured it is a position supported by the Constitution, a document I often wonder if he's the only elected official in D.C. who has ever bothered reading.
Here’s the problem with your statement, what you consider entitlements may be different than what other people consider entitlements. Let’s look at last years budget.
Social Security, Unemployment & Labor - $1.39 Trillion 33%
Medicare & Health(Medicaid)- 1.17 Trillion 28%
Military - 632 Billion 15%
Interest on the Debt - 303 Billion 7%
So just those four things alone account for 83% of the federal budget. So even if we cut everything after these four items we would still have to borrow money to cover the expenses. Moving on.
Veteran’s Benefits - $179 Billion 4%
Food & Agriculture - $138 Billion 3%
Transportation - $109 Billion 3%
Housing and Community - $90 Billion 2%
Education - $85 Billion 2%
Energy & Environment - $51 Billion 1%
International Affairs(Foreign Aid) - $45 Billion 1%
Science - $32 Billion 1%
Government - $8 Billion less than 1%
I consider myself a fiscal conservative, but unlike most fiscal conservatives I don’t just scream about cutting taxes. I want the budget balanced and the debt reduced by any means necessary. If its cutting spending or raising revenue (taxes, tariffs, selling off government land, etc.) or a combination of the two I don’t care.
This is why I do not like the recently passed tax cuts, didn’t like Bush jr’s cut taxes and spend, or Obama’s cut taxes and spending.