I only see 4 issues even remotely covered by the Constitution. The rest was intended to be left up to the separate and sovereign states. And if you think only $38 billion was spent on foreign aid, I've got this great seaside property in Montana you might be interested in. The interest on debt would be erased as the budget goes in the same fashion. Rep. Paul has made it clear some of what he wants will take time. But through vetoes, it will force Congress to cut government just to overcome a veto.
Let's say he cuts 10% of 2 trillion the first two years. As I suggested as his message of liberty gets out, more challengers come to the forefront for Congressional seats that agree with his positions. As that group of elected officials grows (which will take continued campaign work for those of us that still believe in limited government), the budget will have to be cut even further to overcome a Paul veto.
Paul is a curmudgeon good for sound bites and nothing more. The classic empty suit.
And yet we still come down to slurs. Why? Perhaps because the idea of limited government isn't even your concern (which I highly believe is the case). Perhaps it's because Republicans are more concerned with remaining in power to advocate their big government programs instead of the other guy's. Maybe it's because you don't actually have an argument against 98% of his positions. Don't know, don't care. What I do know is that Rep. Paul has brought a lot of us back into the game that had given up on what's left of the Republic and were prepared to sit on the sidelines watching the slide down into the annals of history. He's also vitalized a group of young people (many hard conservatives ideologues) who believed the bunk their parents told them about changing the world.
You throw out $641 billion in what you and Paul consider remotely permissible expenditures, but you still don’t answer the question of how you’re going to pay for even the $641 billion on the $120 to $190 billion in revenue you have left after saving $211 in interest payments by defaulting on our debt.
Sorry, not only is Paul a curmudgeon good for sound bites and nothing more. The classic empty suit., he’s a highly irresponsible one.
Would you care to point out how that is inaccurate? Do you have the numbers from another source to verify your gut feeling?