Posted on 06/01/2025 10:07:01 AM PDT by thegagline
President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., he would be “playing right into the hands of the Democrats” if he votes against Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
“If Senator Rand Paul votes against our Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, he is voting for, along with the Radical Left Democrats, a 68% Tax Increase and, perhaps even more importantly, a first time ever default on US Debt,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday afternoon.
“Rand will be playing right into the hands of the Democrats, and the GREAT people of Kentucky will never forgive him! The GROWTH we are experiencing, plus some cost cutting later on, will solve ALL problems. America will be greater than ever before!”
Paul told “Fox News Sunday” last weekend he supports the tax and spending cuts in the bill, which he still slammed as “wimpy and anemic, but I still would support the bill, even with wimpy and anemic cuts if they weren’t going to explode the debt. The problem is the math doesn’t add up. They’re going to explode the debt by, the House says, $4 trillion. The Senate’s actually been talking about exploding the debt $5 trillion.”
The bill narrowly passed the House May 22 and will soon be voted on in the Senate, where Republicans can only afford to lose three votes.
Others, like Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., have also expressed concerns about the bill.
Last weekend, Trump told reporters he was open to changes in the bill.
“I want the Senate and the senators to make the changes they want,” he said. “It will go back to the House, and we’ll see if we can get them. In some cases, the changes may be something I’d agree with, to be honest.”
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Gee, I wonder why RandFan didn’t post this. 🤣
The very company who "defeated the right wing in Europe" have now been given permission by The Stable Genius to take care of YOU. I guess Israel technology deployed to destroy you is OK, as long as it isn't Chinese.
NOTHING WILL SAVE US. PREPARE.
> The GROWTH we are experiencing, plus some cost cutting later on, will solve ALL problems. <
Yes, but only if spending is cut at same time.
Otherwise, it’s not much different than a person who gets a 5% raise each year, but continues to borrow money.
Go Rand, you Sir are correct!
Yeah, sad to see that some will abandon every conservative principle if Dear Leader tells them to. Glad there are still a few like Paul with some backbone.
Agreed. Rand is right.
And I say this even though I would personally benefit from 5-figure tax savings.
Too many stupid tax cuts (tips, overtime) and too few spending cuts.
“Gee, I wonder why RandFan didn’t post this. 🤣”
I like RandFan but I laughed too. The important message in the article comes from Trump. He doesn’t expect the bill to pass unchanged and he’s OK with that. Art of the deal...
One thing to remember is that most of the debt increases come from programs that are old and ongoing, not new ones.
They should really make smaller bills so we don’t get a bunch of extra stuff stuck into one giant bill
Not sure this is correct.
Recent articles / quotes said the expansion of debt or deficit of $4T was evaluated over what expired tax cuts would do.
As opposed to not allowing expiration. If you expire the cuts, yes, you’re getting more revenue. But we don’t know for sure what the definitions are for the $4T that is said to be on the table.
To a VERY LARGE extent, we are quibbling over a $6T increase in debt (with deficit presently $2T) vs $2T. In both cases there is no surplus and reduction of debt.
So a pox on all of it.
There’s 4 or 5 of them against it, why single out Rand?
Granted, he’s most high profile I guess.
But it wont likely pass in its current form (or it’s very close)
It’s not popular in the United States Senate. Even with what’s considered a fine majority of 3-4 seats for the governing party it’s struggling.
I look forward to the debate. Should at least get some time and passions will run high. I think you need this debate
Right, because there is a snowball chance in hell of a Rand bill passing the house or senate.
Rand Paul is dead to me.
Gee, I wonder why RandFan didn’t post this.I wonder where Rand Paul was the past 4 yrs under Biden/Democrat spending.
He gives his yearly lip service on "waste fraud and abuse" and Fauci, what happened to that? More lip service.
He says he supports Trump...until he doesn't...More lip service?
Why doesn’t Trump ever threaten the progressive republicans?
The ones who are always hassling us and helping out the democrats?
Am thinking this will go bipartisan. Just to piss off Trump. There’s nothing at all fiscally responsible about Trump’s bill. Out with the old, in with the new, same BS. It is a different day however.
Rand is all talk. Its easy to oppose, where is his bill?
Please show me where and how it is his obligation to solely write one. Or are you just all talk?
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