rssRand Paul remains coy about naming specific spending cuts
Monday, November 08, 2010 at 12:20 pm
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Senator-elect Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is among the most forthright of conservative deficit hawks when it comes to straight talk about cutting spending, but in his interview with Christiane Amanpour on ABC’s This Week, even Paul largely shied away from specifics:
“Republicans traditionally say, ‘Oh, we’ll cut domestic spending, but we won’t touch the military,’” Paul explained. “The liberals — the ones who are good — will say, ‘Oh, we’ll cut the military, but we won’t cut domestic spending.’”
As for Paul and his tea party friends, “Bottom line is, you have to look at everything across the board.”
To Paul’s credit, he’s honest about his desire to make changes to Social Security and Medicare, saying the age of eligibility might have to increase. But his other talking points — cutting federal worker wages and freezing hiring, ending earmarks — sound surprisingly like those of some of his less serious Republican colleagues. The question likely to dominate the next Congress is what programs and/or parts of government Republicans will point to when it comes time to put their proposed cuts into writing. The idea of cutting spending is often, as the recent elections demonstrated, quite popular, while specific cuts are just as often not. So far, however, even Paul is staying largely mum on the big question.
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Comment posted November 8, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
Are you kidding? Did you hear his interview on ABC? He had about 10 minutes and was supposed to detail every budget cut? He gave her several, large and small, said every single program needed to be looked at and that books have been written on the subject, referring even to one, but that isn't enough? Oh, yeah, and he says he will introduce a balanced budget as an alternative to consider next year, but needs access to the numbers. Why shouldn't he have that time? He isn't even in office yet.
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Comment posted November 8, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
The media is seriously out to get Rand Paul, he's in a catch 22 damned if u do, damned if u don't situation. If he says he wants to cut budgets all across the board… he's criticized for not being specific…. and yet when he goes and names a program to be cut… its front page news about how extreme and drastic he is… its no wonder he wont give specifics.
Comment posted November 8, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
Why don't he and other millionaire congressmen, governors,.. all elected by the American people, cut their own salaries, and stop giving themselves 'fat ass' raises? Obama is not the only one, over spending our tax money!!!
Comment posted November 8, 2010 @ 9:12 pm
God Bless Rand Paul, at least he has a plan; 10% salary cut and freezing hiring for all governemnt employees would be a great start. Goes across all sectors domestic and defense. I say that as a current Defense Government employee.
Comment posted November 8, 2010 @ 9:19 pm
probably because he hasn't taken office yet… His father Ron Paul a US congressmen from Texas cosponsored a bill to stop automatic pay increases for congressmen and women. Rand Paul has said he would support this bill as well.
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Comment posted November 9, 2010 @ 11:01 am
He's an eye doctor. He's not a millionaire. He obtained campaign money from grass roots.
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