BREAKING NEWS: Rand Paul Pitches Massive Overhall To Debt Limit Bill On Senate Floor
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2023
- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slams the debt limit bill, and offers an amendment that would drastically overhaul the agreement as passed in the House and negotiated by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy.
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Here's what gets me, we pay these crooks $174,000 a year and every time I watch a video THERE IS NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER. WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHY DO WE PUT UP WITH IT? everyone needs to tell their reps to start showing up for work
Exactly my thoughts, a lot don't show up for votes!
They are out spending those millions from the Chinese!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
They are in meetings or their offices. They don't always meet in the main chamber. Each Senator is on several committees.
@@darrellhunt4246 they should be there for votes!
They're too busy meeting with donors and lobbyists, and of course, rigging their portfolio.
It is sad that Senator Paul is repeatedly ignored.
Just shows how ignorant most of Congress is! Most in Congress have more money than sense and they are not worried about it....meanwhile....the masses suffer needlessly!
Well, people learn from their mistakes
He is the nonpartisan voice of truth. I thank God for him.
Maybe it's because he's a right wing clown?
😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Rand Paul is one of few in government that don't make a living on lies. He is a model for what we need in overhauling this country's leadership.
LMAO
Agreed! One of the few who stood up to Dr?Fakey.
From what I recall he told students to cheat
@@roryfleming2320 what? 0 likes for childish acronyms? such a shame...
Sad how many are just NPC zombies that hate on one of the best people in government because the cult told them to.
We need a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution now!
we had one. it was called the pay go process. congress decided to ignore it and wave it for decades now.
Lol. Won’t matter.
Politicians have told us for years that “we have to fight the enemy over there so we don’t have to fight them here” only to find out they are the enemy..
RCP Revolutionary Communists Party founded in Chicago in 1975 are pro maoist democrats.
Not only is the pro abortion movement (RCP)., Antifa also has an alliance with them.
Been lied to . Every country gets healthcare education good pay . America just gets taxed on everything.
Our only enemies are democrats nobody has done as much harm to our republic and nobody ever will. It’s sad everybody doesn’t see the truth that voting democrat is treason
The ENEMY of The United States is the democrat party!
@@adambrock7692 your a fool he just said sweden gets taxed 60% !
Why can’t Rand just run for POTUS? He makes more sense in 12 minutes than all other politicians make their entire careers. 🇺🇸
They hated his pops because he made too much sense...like father like son
Because the Republicans idolize the "father of the vaccine " fake conservative New York city limousine liberal Donald Trump
He did and very few even know.
Our elections are not controlled by the voters, this should have be blatantly obvious to everyone during the 2020 election. Nothing had changed, in fact it's only gotten worse. Dominion software just won a lawsuit against fox. This only reinforced, that their software didn't steal the election from the Americanpeople, when in fact that's exactly what happened. Our vote doesn't count any more.
@@locks4 they hated his dad because he didn’t like the opening the borders and runaway spending.
Sen. Paul, I commend you and your father for speaking up for the last 30 years. My fear is that the over spending will continue until the US can't meet it's obligations. I'm 70 years old now, and probably won't see the proverbial shit hit the fan. But my kids and grand kids will. And they will suffer for it. So sad that so many politicians just kick the can down the road.
from what i’ve seen, most politicians plan on racing china to the national debt ceiling first. imo, that’s an awful idea considering how well china fared during the pandemic. love rand, the only politician i’d genuinely ask for a picture with.. and i’ve never asked for a picture with any person of notoriety
you, my friend, are wise.
I’d be embarrassed to be a sitting member of congress who let this debt go this high
Bet you voted for Trump believing his BS about balancing the budget.
I wish I could raise my debt ceiling every time I ran out of money.
And then make tax payers pay it.
Me too!!
The debt ceiling isn't the amount the government has committed to spending, it's just the maximum they CAN spend. This used to be very procedural budget management tool, but anymore is a sideshow.
You can, take out a loan like a mortgage or equity line of credit.
If you have a $20k credit limit from the bank but you impose a $5k limit on yourself, that's a "debt ceiling"; you still have plenty of money.
“The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.” Turkish Proverb
Right on.
Reminds me of Trudeau
@@itslitbruv420 good, because it's a quote that uses metaphors to explain how government tyranny works
Reminds me of all the 194 countries that sang in unison about the weaponised flu and it's so called cure the jab.
Spot on, Sen. Rand Paul. I wish other members of congress and out treasonous president would be as responsible as you. Keep up the good work, Rand Paul.
Joe the body double? Look at his earlobes. Not the original racist, useless Joe from the past.
Thank you rand paul for being the only reasonable adult in this room.
Social security and Medicare would be fine if politicians hadn't been taking money from them forever. They should cancel the retirement plans from all politicians and put the money back.
Cuts are fine, but before you threaten SS stop useless overseas spending, transgender studies in China, cats on peletons in Russia, weapons to Ukraine that are being sold not used.
Don't pay congressman or senators who aren't contributing, and if you cut the people's benefits, make sure you cut politicians benefits first.
Haven’t been taking money from them. The amount of monies being paid in thru payroll taxes keeps decreasing.
@@ginacopp5039 Amen!!!
That's what I was just thinking. This is a system that we paid into. This is a system that was never supposed to be borrowed against. Politicians put their greedy hands into it and deleted it. That's not social security recipients problem. That's the government not budgeting.
I agree that it probably would have been better if social security hadn't invested the payroll tax surpluses in treasury bills through which the government borrowed the money in the trust fund. However, something would have still had to be done with that money. What do you think the alternative should have been? In my opinion, they should have invested the surpluses in the stock market, perhaps in a broad-based market index like the S&P 500 for example. Investing in an index like the S&P 500 would have avoided most of the risk and also would have minimized management fees since it doesn't take much investment expertise to do that. You just buy the index. What are your thoughts?
Rand Paul is one of the smartest and honest in Congress. He is a rare breed.
I also like Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton
@@danddcandr6719 And Byron Donaldson.
@@defyned agreed
@DandD Candr I like Hawley but cotton is kinda of a war monger. But on the rest of the issues, he's decent
I believe he is smart when he offers to cut his own paycheck.
Our millary spending will defeat us before any battle. 90% goes to price-gouged parts and R&D
Rand Paul makes so much sense and he even says both parties need to make cuts. But neither party wants to budge an inch so they will both ignore him. He is also right that there will come a day where you can't ignore it anymore because you can't just keep printing money.
I wish Paul was not marginalized and ignored. He has more sense than just about anyone in Congress. Our country is on the verge of COLLAPSE!
He isn't ignored. He just doesn't do anything beyond bitch and moan. He is useless.
I think daily of leaving the country permanently. I have no future here, no chance of ever paying off student loans that aren’t worth the paper they are printed on, no home ownership, no chance of ever saving for retirement.
@@_Rockill_ Welcome to the NEW and PROGRESSIVE America. No more American dream under this regime.
We are heading there and probably can’t turn back.
@@robertlee7606 Too many people have turned Anti-American and practice blatant evil. The love of many has grown cold.
Mr Paul has common sense. It's so frustrating to see how crooked the system is.
My favorite! Why can’t we get more like you Rand Paul???
When did politicians ever saw reduction to their own entitlements?
Never, and who cares? Their entitlements as you so put it amount don't even add up to the smallest amount, less than 00.0000003% of the current national debt of $32 Trillion and growing. Did you bother to listen Paul's "Panamanian Frog" lecture. He is right!!!!!
Abolish the ATF, that's billions every year saved.
@@jereuter01 easy to criticize on. Certain things
They waste our tax dollars. Government keeps getting bigger. We can't keep up. They're taking our country down and giving to other countries while many Americans are living on the street. How does the U.S. justify that.
They want the US to pay into Ukrain retirement funds.
If we would properly fund our military, and get back to a REAL military, NOT WOKE and NOT officers like willy Milley, we wouldn't have to worry about other nations and we could take care of AMERICA for less money than sending it to Ukraine!!!!
Flooding the country with illegals and giving them free hotel stays, phones and food while the American people are labeled terrorists, white supremicists, etc etc
There always giving money to UK we can't afford to give other countries money and all those migrants there letting in here they don't pay taxes putting them in hotels giving them cell phones they probably give them money too
They justify it with more homeless passive immigrants to replace natural born citizenry.
so they can have total controll over the population that does not know the founding and the reason. The United States is what it is.
I absolutely love how never, not once, does ANY politician ever mention government pensions as a significant part of the federal budget, or suggest any cuts whatsoever. Not once. Ever. Somehow Social Security is always the first suggested cut, when people have actually paid into it.
Uhhhh, federal employees pay into their retirement ya silly goose
Someone needs to bring up cutting government pensions. We are slaves to this administration.
Social Security is in essence, a Ponzi scheme with one difference: everybody is forced to pay into, and they have no choice. People should be allowed to opt out, forfeit any future SS benefits, and invest their own retirement money the way they want. The problem with the entire system is that people are not having enough kids to keep it afloat. Essentially, the younger generations are currently being forced to subsidize socialism for the boomers, and by the time they're at the age they can start reaping in benefits from SS, the dollar price would have been highly inflated and the increase of SS benefits not increased to a competitive level; furthermore, the younger generations, who are non-productive would not have paid in nearly enough to make the entire system viable. Same story with Medicare/Medicaid.
stop paying into it work for your self for cash it can be done !
To the SSI ponzi scheme, it was working just fine until the presidents of the past removed huge sums of money to fight wars and pay on the federal debt. It was never paid back. They politicians rob the American taxpayers of a system to help those who work hard for years, the politicians also set SSI up that the rich do not have to pay of they male over a certain amount.
He is spot on. We need to balance the budget.
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I remember back in 2011 when he gave basically this same speech.
We were saying 17T was completely schizo.
The National Debt now is about twice as insane!
I shout out to the orange blob.
The deficit almost doubled since 2011. Did our GDP double? Joe Biden won’t be remembered for being funny. FJB.
@@douglemay7989 of course you do, the media has engraved that orange man bad in your brain... yes Trump has made the deficit go up, but it's spent here in our country, mainly because of covid. That ominous bill passed last December allowed mass amounts spent on a war in Ukraine that we needed to stay away from. Too much goverment spending has caused our inflation to get out of control which is exactly what the liberal government wants.
He’s been the voice of reason for years!
He's been saying it year after year, hoping/waiting for somebody to listen!! Share this video with everyone you know 😍
Need 100 more rand pauls in congress !!!
434 to be exact.
And one trump
I weep for our country at the thought this fell on deaf ears… this was all well said
The senator makes a whole lot of sense.
Both sides ridiculed his father for decades. And as he gets older, more marginalized, and increasingly ignored, the same is happening. Truth, honor, snd common sense run in this family. These are the voices we should hear loudest. Unfortunately what we get is the opposite.
Who ya taking about
D.C. hates the truth because it destroys their narratives and endangers their power.
@kevin macisaac Ron Paul the one that wants the fed removed from existence that is the cancer of our economy the source of all wars the tool of the elites to enslave the poor
neither SS or Medicare are "entitlements".. they have their own tax basis. It is the mismanagement of politicians that screw up the budget.
But the FERS system is healthy. Two different systems, one for the feds and the other for the rest of us.
I've been paying into this system since age 15 (now 74 and retired). I have no problem with the system going bankrupt ... simply give me back my accrued investment capital over those years and apply the same penalty and interest imposed by the IRS on money allegedly owed them.
Actually they are. Neither of those actually keep a bucket of money that you own that pays back to you. SS was created like a Ponzi scheme--it uses current intake of money to pay out the amounts people are promised in retirement. You pay into SS with a promise that you are entitled to future worker's money. That is the very definition of an entitlement.
i paid into ss the funds should have been kept separate no iou s.
I've been working since I was 13 years old, I'm now 50. I can tell you Sir, you'll find no pity here. SS is broke. Their will be no money for me, when I retire in 12 years. Their will be no money for my two sons, when they retire. Unfortunately, your selfish boomer generation destroyed everything. Since theirs no money for my family, their will be none for you. You'll find no pity here, Sir.
I wish we had many more like you Senator Paul. A little common sense never hurt anyone. I’m praying for my country right now. Things aren’t looking good 😢😢
👀 🤯
Evil people, dishonest person, or just evil itself in consuming the country. They now have vending machine's in NY that sell crack pipes, to combat crime!?
I find it hard to think of Social Security as an "entitlement" when I and my employer had no choice but to pay into it.
Thank you
I saw Rand Paul a few months ago in the Nashville airport. I had to stop myself from walking up to him and giving him a hug. He's one of a few voices of reason in a sea of insanity.
He's a good man!
Yes, he is one of the few that speaks the truth & is not beholden to the Deep State Marxist Democratic Party Cabal
What good is a voice of he can't get shit done? Ever. His net worth is $31 million. Do you REALLY think he has done $31 million of honest, hard work?
He is playing a character that manages to work very little, gets paid a lot, and somehow gets reelected even though he costs money and does nothing but bitch about the government spending that helps Americans who, most decidedly, aren't sitting on millions and millions of dollars.
You are a fool if you think he isn't a selfish, greedy twat.
I'm a Kiwi at home. I see him like you. Him and his father.
He see’s things through the eyes of a doctor, not a lawyers. What a lawyer see’s is more laws and contention better for me, BUT this time the real mess we find ourselves in was crafted by bureaucrat's holding ‘Can’t Touch Me’ union contracts. Finding ‘Justice’ is now nothing but watching ’The Fox Chase It’s Own Tail’ and ‘The Pretender’ they put in Office trip over his tongue and We All Fall Down!!!
One of a very small group of people in Congress who actually cares to speak the truth.
It's only natural..
yes he is in his prime - the right pocket of time for someone to lead a nation in most instances - upsetting that the politicians actually elected are 30/40 years out of touch with the actual agenda - what a waste of time
Wrong ,Rand called SS a entitlement, never has been a entitlement,that's a fact, supplemental insurance is an entitlement to give refugees and illegals tax dollars
I know. You all want Social Security to be eradicated. When you find yourselves living on the street, I will laugh on all your dumb faces.
I guess rand thinks we are all like senators an can do their job forever no matter how old they are
Love senator Rand Paul's ideas. Hope he becomes vp
Great idea!
"Cut 1% of Big Bird" is the most reasonable proposal I've heard from Congress since the early 2000's. This is the best take on this absurd "Debt Ceiling" controversy I've heard from anyone in government, particularly the numbers around a default and impact on consumer prices. It's sad that this becomes political theater, as no one will take the severity of this issue seriously.
I remember that I was absolutely appalled when the National debt exceeded 1 trillion dollars.
And EVERYTHING since o bama has been a trillion dollars + EVERY DAMN YEAR SINCE !!!! o bama out spent every president before him ! T rump out spent o bama and Biden is on pace to out spend t rump .. We never had a trillion dollar budget ever until o bama and we've never looked back - JUST more more and more .....
The good old times.
It's interesting to note our national debt is largely owned by Americans in the form of public and private retirement funds, social security and Medicare (programs we pay into), state and local governments, our financial system to include the Federal Reserve and support for the US dollar. We owe a little over $1 trillion to China and another $5 trillion to other countries. As a consequence of massive monetary easing the Fed currently owns about $6 trillion which, by the way, is earning interest and profits are remitted to the US Treasury. Our debt is largely a measure of our economic wealth and power rather than a time bomb. Our debt is wealth for someone. However, the original debt ceiling in 1917 was only $11.5 billion. That's clearly not enough today.
So, it always goes up. Possibly more than it should because we give large tax deductions and loopholes for the wealthy, not available to those earning an income, and some corporations pay no tax at all often by offshoring their money. Still, to fund the government and grow the economy (infrastructure, etc.), we prefer to borrow at interest from those who have it rather than tax it never to be seen again. Our debt spending moderates the increasing wealth gap providing higher paying jobs than many blue collar jobs surviving paycheck to paycheck along with our credit cards in the private sector. That's good for the once vibrant middle class, and spending works through the private sector to generate taxable income and revenue for US companies.
@@RoobieRhoo That's certainly not true, our debt ceiling is where it's at today because of reckless government spending. I saw it first hand working for FAA for 30 years. 4th quarter came around and they begin their frantic spending so every last penny of their budget was spent, because if not next years budget would be cut accordingly. This occurs throughout all government agencies.
I, also, found it appalling!!!
Criminals and liars
where it goes wrong in US is the rich avoid paying their taxes
“I think we could have polled the audience on that one” -Rand Paul
I love this guy. Common Sense. Thank you Senator!
His dad was awesome too. Rand and Ron are Real politicians, real Americans, and real integrity.
Protestant Men. The best in the world.
We need more minds like Sen Paul on our side😢
Rand Paul u are so on point thank you sir
How to get rid of this 🤡 bill:
fire all these greedy politicians and start all over,
With real money. 😁
Russia has real money backed by gold and oil!😂
Where does one acquire REAL MONEY?
@@ruthegan8524 From a mountain.
We need term limits period. It my be too late, our country is being flushed down the toilet in so many ways. So sad
Define real money.
Thank senator Rand Paul. You are a true American Patriot, honest and great politician ❤❤❤❤
Just one more trump clown in the MAGA show
Definitely a good talker! Nothing ever comes of it.
@@user-vn9xe5gw8s this guy went after the olny real that help the USA when the pandemic hit because trump did not do shit if you remember right
Yes vote on Rand Paul's AMENDMENT!
If you cut 1% then the big guy only gets a 9% kickback...
😅😅😅😅😅
This what happens when Crooks get selected! ✅️💯🇺🇸🤮
Mind Begs the Question:
If God prohibits Usury/Interest Lending
If a people prohibit it among themselves
Subjugate rest of World with it
Following Scripture,Violating Scripture?
The establishment makes crooks out of even some of the most virtuous of our elected. There is an evil corruption in the government institutions surrounding our elected officials.
It's a natural outcome of government, itself. There aren't going to be good that seek power over others.
The main issue is when politicians talk about science without context or understanding at all of the outcome. Cutting spending across the board may be ok, there's plenty of waste in a lot of areas. We should start with removing red tape and consolidating oversight bodies and limiting how far regulation can go where its detrimental to the economy such as in development approval. We should be spending vastly less on infrastructure and we could while maintaining even better quality if we just adopted more similar regulations as Europe. Streamlining and consolidating could likely balance the budget on its own without anyone sacrificing anything, and many actually gaining.
@@emmetcosten9453 I don't think the national debt is an issue in the way they describe it because why is it that national debt is an issue when the democrats are in power, but under Trump, no Republican was trying to gut spending. I mean, Trump was the first president that practiced MMT (Modern Money Theory). But I agree with you, The main thing is reducing waste. I am sure we can find ways to get more for our money by getting rid of waste at the DOD and entitlement spending. You can pay for the increase in defense spending by making the DOD less wasteful and more efficient.
Thanks so much for your response to this question and I will definitely look 👀 at this so I know exactly what to teach my children on how to read the signs of bullshit.
Thank you Dr. Paul, Kentuckians are proud of you
I say no more defense dollars until they are audited!
They've been audited... they just can't PASS an audit! 😮
They'll end up another 2 trillion short like the last pentagon audit
😇
Defense isn't the problem. It's the boomers and the welfare state they created. None of these cowards, not even Rand Paul, will dare touch the sacred cow of Medicare and Social Security which absolutely dwarfs the military budget. Boomers control the government and most institutions and they absolutely will not allow that band aid to be ripped while they are still alive.
When we had a real Media, they used to call this "Fleecing".
Corporate America owns the media and controls and sensors the news, social media, and search engines. They control the narrative and constantly distract the population which piddly decisive topics that divide the population from any sort of United front that would wake the hell up and focus on the massive corruption that is deteriorating the quality of life for every single citizen and on the issues the effect us all.
Well, media now is you tube, sad and repressive as it is and individuals like USA Watchdog, Breitbart who was substantially muzzled, Citizen Free Press slightly muzzled, Twitter now coming out of the most unbelievable supression of speech by Communists and Marxists since Hitler took over Germany, and several other indepemdent actual news reporting poeple. News does not have letters in front of the word News anymore, they are all prostitutes owned by billionaire communists, marxists, Stalinists, Maoists, and other tyyrants who want to use Democrat goverment to enslave free people.
This nonsense is deliberate and it needs to stop yesterday !
Imagine operating one’s household in such a manor.
MAGA🇺🇸
I agree. Cut everything across the board.
I'm so glad Sen. Paul is a member of the senate. He sheds light to things people don't want to explain. He makes too much sense, that's why he stands out.
He's not a member of the House. He's a member of the Senate.
@@Out-tha-mud- thanks for the correction, I was listening to house members and that was on my mind when I wrote my comment.
Absolutely!
@@Grasshopper99 I get it..
Nothing makes any sense about him, especially his hair.
Time to stop bailing out everyone at the top . Time for the people to be first .
Run for President
You got my vote!
Fantastic job! 90% of the time I am in complete agreement with Paul, he is the voice of reason
They strapped our children with an incredible $95,000+ Debt. When does this RIDICULOUSNESS STOP?? 🤬
when you remove the entrenched shadow goverment that always works (separate from party affilliation) to get hold and increase power.
Disappointed in McCarthy, he deserves to be removed as speaker if the new budget bill passes. Call your representatives and tell them to vote NO! Thank you Mr Paul! 🇺🇸
Ugh. Debt ceiling and budget are different things 🤦🏾♂️
Look up Debt Ceiling and Budget and note the difference.
Terrible !!😡🥵
Sandra, McCarthy is a bold faced liar. He said on day one of his inauguration that he would make sure that there wouldn't be 87 armed IRS agents. Guess what, that failed so that means that they'll come for the middle class to shake them down for money. Remember they'll be armed. WHY?.Can't you see that this is the most corrupt regime administration ever since America was founded.
It's not a budget. It is so the Govt. can pay it's dividends to social security and other agencies, US banks and citizens, Japan, China, Great Britain, and anyone that owns Govt. bonds. Then they can also pay for actual stuff like military, etc. The other option is, the stock market crashes, banks cannot lend to small businesses, people are laid off, and a bunch of other nasties. So if you have investments, a job, or elderly relatives, you better read up on what this is about.
The debt ceiling debate is two pickpockets splitting up the take
Thank you Rand!!!
They are destroying our great nation one dollar at time.
One trillion at a time.
@@dougvuillemot8670 10 trillion at a time
Funny i go to leave a comment and it’s already here!
its cause they dont care.. if it gets out of hand they will just raise taxes on common americans to bail them out.. i think we heard about this tatic somewhere just before 1776
Very well stated Todd Watts
Why is this guy not the president?
THANK YOU RAND PAUL!
Everything is a mess!
You are absolutely correct! Unfortunately, your truth is falling on deaf ears.
He's absolutely right: every year they go deeper in debt and promise MORE AND MORE OF OUR ANNUAL LABOR TO PAY BACK LOANS AND INTEREST.
Slavery and they don't even see it.
They have no intention of paying any of it back. They're happy for the interest rates to rise.
32 Trillion dollar national debt, and they're trying to save a buck??? I think the debt is beyond saving...
Guess we better just not finally start practicing fiscal responsibility?
I mean… his amendment seems sound to me.
This hole thing is a complete Disgrace - nothing but BS. They cut 1.3 trillion over 10 years ???? Meanwhile they are spending 2 + trillion a year 🤔 Oh this is a great deal - ( for an idiot ) Great job Republicans Great job .... There is a difference between the two party's ?????????? I'm not seeing it .............
The depth is beyond saving ?? You mean the country ..............
@@brianarnold4368 Fair enough...
his is why andrew jackson was probably top2 presidents US ever had
I wish I could get a raise like that !! ❤
Love to hear Kentucky Senator Rand Paul speak. Good old common sense. And he KNOWS the numbers….
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He is the brightest hillbilly ever!
Remember that military spending is not paying for the soldiers, but the manufacturers of equipment.
Yes and the shareholders that own those outrageous companies are the top 10% of the wealthy and hold 76% of the nation’s wealth.
Well it's both, but apparently DOD spends money so quickly that they can't pass a financial audit; they literally cannot explain where all the money is going. Seems to me that fiscal responsibility starts with knowing what you are spending the money on, or alternatively, not one penny goes out the door without a clear authorization/explanation. (And BTW if you think DOD is bad, let's head over to HHS...)
Craig Barrett, you are right and there's more: us is funding Ukraine salaries and pensions, dod funds biolabs abroad, US taxpayer military funds usaid, cia, ned and others who interfer abroad. Maybe we would agree to these or maybe not...but paying them billions gives us the right and responsibility to discuss and be heard.
The military is so critically undermanned right now. Many have so many jobs (the work hasnt gone away, but the people have) they aren't even trained for in addition to the one they are trained for. Result is nothing gets done right and they end stinking at their primary job due to pencil whipping requirements or, even if they do train, it is half ass because they are smoked from all the nonsense.
I would love to know where the money is going. Not to people. .
I think its time to stop paying federal taxes.
If our government is this unwilling, incapable and untrustworthy to do its basic fiscal responsibility. I say we don't give them the money to have this problem.
Feed our States for they seem to affect us the most.
Kentucky should be proud of this man.
I am 66 and know ever since JFK was assassinated by the CIA that the government was corrupt.
Just wait till they expose all and Americans will want to tear apart the CIA by hand!
Who's exposing the Cia? You're 66 don't hold your breath.
This man has my respect 100% ❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️
Paul. Thank you for takeing. Your time. Your great teacher.
That's right Rand Paul said it.❤😊🇺🇸
Shut down Congress pay and benifits until a balanced budget happens.
At the beginning of our Country the politicians didn't get paid. Not even the President.
How about tell Joe Biden and Democrats screw all their crazy nonsense and say no to raising ceiling.
Everyone knew the Boomers were getting ready to retire , yet government kept borrowing money from SSI and now that the money's almost gone they want to cut our benefits . The Boomers worked hard for that money and we should be able to get it back .
It's too late. There is no money left. The government mismanaged it, you trusted the government with it, get over it.
Why does everyone lie about "borrowing" from SS? The SS trust fund is only allowed to invest in US Treasuries. That's it. That's not "borrowing from SS".
That's stealing !!!!
As I boomer, we will get it back should we live an average lifetime. Problem is people aren't putting enough in to cover all the benefits, and people like me didn't have enough kids to continue the youth supporting the aged.
This is all by design you see. Blackrock owns 10-20% of every company in the US. They control our economy. I fully believe that Blackrock is capable and intends to crash the market in the greatest wealth distribution this country has ever seen. The boomer generation is the largest generation we will ever see in our lifetime. There is no way that Blackrock is not going to capitalize on the opportunity to redistribute that wealth to them. They probably figure it would all go to nursing homes anyway.
Right Again. !
I say we go to a Flat Tax, with no deductions.
Overtime needs to stopped being taxed. It murders the average citizens pay check and it's dishonest.
I guarantee that government will find a way to overspend, no matter what the tax rates are. I was a respite care worker for a few years and saw so much tax dollar waste for things it disgusted me. 😢
This was the most honest debt ceiling explanation i have heard in the past month. Unbelievable
LOL, he just told you what you wanted to hear, doesn't make it factual. That is what people do now adays on the internet.
@A. Alphbond yep, because it made the most sense to me, imo, and the 12 other people that liked my comment. You dont have to agree. That's the beautiful thing about the USA
@@LD_Tush Social media experts for all scientific fields. Funny thing is how you manage to convince yourselfs of knowing the truth based on tumbs up and likes you get for your comments. LOL
@@a.alphbond9003 Do you dispute anything claimed in this speech? If so what and why?
❤RAND PAUL YOU ARE SO REAL…Reality Check ! Thank you!
This is literally terrifying. Rand Paul is a hero.
It hurts to see Paul and chip fighting for us and no one cares. This Is impunity. We are screwed!
Rand Paul is 100% correct on this point. It is frankly IMPOSSIBLE to continue on this "budgetary" course. This "deal" is a drop in the proverbial bucket of what MUST be done if we are going to survive this. They are...and will be VERY HARD choices. What these fools are doing could be equated to pulling the pin on a grenade and waiting for it to to cook off...which is about 5 seconds.
got my vote Rand Paul
Thank you Mr Paul
They folded like a cheap lawn chair and then deleted any semblance of financial restraint. So somehow they managed to sink lower than the already low expectations.
It’s time to run these politicians out single term. No more liar. McCarthy and all the RINOs need to be gone. We also need to prosecute all the criminals in government regardless of party.
doesn't matter when you control the count
Not that easy Shirley. It has to be at a state level where every politicians districts are.
All traitor democrats need to go they all should be charged and prosecuted with treason.
I think any member of Congress can serve for no more than 12 years.
@@putinscat1208 to corrupt in 12, 4 years if they run for a second term they’re only allowed 2. Keeps everyone on his toes and honest
Preach brother!
YES VOTE from me! 🙋♀️!
There are so few in congress and the senate that are honest and really care about the country. Keep track of them and unload the rest.
Rand Paul is a hypocrite that doesn't understand many aspects of the world. The thing about libertarian politicians is that they are good at pointing out problems, but awful at giving a solution.
For example, Rand Paul would be anti FEMA in natural disasters when other states, especially blue states get hit with a disaster. But when his state is hit, he asks FEMA for money and resources. He does get it because everyone else aren't assholes in withholding FEMA to states that need it. Not to mention Kentucky, the state he represents is a net spender, meaning they take more in federal spending than they pay in federal income taxes. So, Rand Paul. He is a hypocrite like other politicians.
Thank you Senator Paul. President Biden for at least 40 years never had to balance a budget since he has always lived off taxpayers! Get this spending under a proper budget and restore our social security!
Thank him for what? He's not doing a damn thing.
Get SSI changed to a personal investment fund that you control and you will get a better return.
Praise the Lord, how much do it coast for each person to come to America illegal? This may be root of the debt problems also one party don’t want to pay their share, according to income. Sounds like Switzerland has a great tax plan if it worked for them why not for American?
@@kamikazitsunami he’s not king genius, he can’t pass anything without support.
@@1974dormouse You are absolutely unconscious. Both sides work together. This is just theater. Stay dumb.
This man deserves better around him!
You right the *TRICK IS*
Rand is using a rationale point in an irrational world. I try the same...the brick wall has beaten my head every time.
Please, please don't vote yes.
Well too bad it's going to pass
That's irresponsible. They must have a majority consensus when they set a budget. They already voted for the budget, and have already accumulated the debt in the process of funding it. You can't allow the bills that they agreed to, to pile up and then suddenly decide you're simply not going to pay them!!-- especially when refusing to do so, will cause financial catastrophe for private citizens, who must rely on government funding to survive (ie, social security recipients, people relying on Medicare & food stamps, etc). Remember, many of these people already paid into these programs through decades of paycheck deductions (and by no choice of their own)...why should they starve or lose their homes just to make a political point?? Rand Paul is right...but only in part. There are TWO ways to do this: one is to make cuts in spending; the other is to increase revenue through taxes & fees. I'm a Republican so it probably sounds shocking....but our deficit increased by 25% under Trump in large part because he was cutting taxes (money to the Treasury) for popularity & to gain short-term economic growth in consumer spending, but that escalated the shortfall we have now. Some of those tax cuts need to be dialed down.. and we need wealthy Americans and corporations to pay a fair share instead of allowing them to tap out once a certain cap has been paid for the tax year. If we did a combination of both cutting spending and raising revenue, we could put our budget on track. But nobody wants to take on the problem of addressing it because they're too scared of losing voters.
Arizona Representive Schweigart has the numbers.
He spoke to an entirely empty Chamber. Start showing him with his facts & figures. Young ones need to see what's in store for them.