Sen. Rand Paul: ‘We Cannot Save Ukraine By Dooming The U.S. Economy’
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- Sen. Rand Paul blocked the Senate from swiftly passing a $40 billion Ukraine aid package. Rand explained why he believes the U.S. should stand down on sending more aid.
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Just throwing this out here. Senators and house members shouldn't be allowed to own stocks.
And why is that? Business and Politics are 2 different things - comments like yours will just increase corruption.
@@esport1686 It's called a Conflict of Interest. But you're right: 2 TOTALLY different things.
How about we come together as family? Always negative
@@esport1686 how is getting business stocks out of congress going to increase corruption? As far as I can see it's one of the biggest causes of corruption within the senate and house.
Some dont, they have "Blind Trusts" and tell the people running it what to buy. Lol
One of the very few politicians who puts things in perspective
They can balance a war budget! But they can't balance their own budget Chevy down the government what a shame
Thank you Senator Paul. For keeping tabs on US checks and balances when they like to spend billions of dollars willy nilly without consideration of possible consequences.
Because both republicans and democrats are just 2 sides of a coin..should judge senators more than the party..
Thr bill passed, makes no difference
@@gbb5642 back to my original thought..politicians from both parties seems just doing sh*t shows all the time..ew..
John, stop killing our economy and our happiness
@@xueueux that's what they do in courts to make you think there is justice.
Thank you Senator Paul! Only person with a brain there. We have no money , we are in debt 30 trillion ,cant give anybody any money . We need to stop acting like we are the rich neighbor living credit card to credit card.
Well said. In addition, any examination of the opposing side of the conflict is completely squashed by Big Brother. ALL we hear is censored pro war propaganda..
You cant even drive cars and eat meat anymore. Pay your bill america.
@@wolfmondschein4999 exactly! Our GDP grew 1% this year and we need to send 40bilion to Ukraine?? Bruh
But you can give corporate America big tax incentives? Gotcha!
@@paulod27 to hopefully hire
Just imagine if this $40 BILLION was spent on us Americans at home, or the $2+ TRILLION wasted on Afghanistan and Iraq.
The total expenditures for the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan are more like 4 to 6 trillion.
According to Rachel Layne of CBS news:
"Including the cost of interest on those wars will add an additional $2.1 trillion by 2030. And through 2050, the interest alone is forecast to top $6.5 trillion - even if war spending had theoretically stopped in 2019, according to research published last year from Heidi Peltier, director of the "20 Years of War" Project at Boston University's Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future."
@John Smith White people are out there too, dont divide
Dude theirs plenty of poor white people. Typical racist democrat.
So take the money from the military then.
There are many veterans living on the street. And the current administration simply throws money out of window like that!
Right on Rand! Let the Globalists dig into heir own deep pockets for this catastrophic war!
Right on Rand! Let the russians dig into their own deep pockets for this catastrophic excuse for an american that is mr rand paul
@@moscuadelendaest 🤡
@@theshield1613 ok bud
@@moscuadelendaest but hes right tf
@@tylertravis2081 sure, bud
Rand Paul gets my vote!
And you don't even live in kentucky, how are yo ugoing to do that?
He should be the only real pick for president
If Ukraine receive this aid, they will have received more in 2 months than Russia spend a year on their military. And that’s just from America…
Yeah, I've been wondering where is it all going actually.
В итоге,это против европы
It's like Tupac said they got money for Wars but can't feed the poor
If the poor had money. They be buying white powder from Mexicans....
they do have money to feed the poor they just don't want to.
@@hulagu3068 Facts 💯💯💯
Its so shameful that both parties are in the poket of the military industrial complex. They love building and using weapons we are in constant war because war is profitable. Its shameful.
@@lopezjose476 I couldn't have said it better myself you took the words right out of my mouth bro
How is he the only one speaking out about this? America needs to stop escalating this war.
Right? The Pauls are a rare breed .. Too many globalist warhawks in office I'm afraid
As a Canadian I must say Rand Paul is my world wide all time favourite politician . I love his Witt, his common sense . I can go on. This man is absolutely brilliant. I wish he was Canadian . I wish we had him. I’d take him over Trudea and day . We hate Trudea
He's a chip off the ol block .. the Pauls are a rare breed 😎
As i Canadian I agree with you 100% there bud
Senator Paul way to go....we love you
Rand is the man 😎
record inflation, record gas prices- those billions of tax $'s going to a nation we have no obligation to instead of it going to our American veterans, retirees, homeless....
its just a speed bump, but thank you Senator Paul-
@@aishaalamoudi599 very well put!
Democracy lost anywhere is a lost for democracy everywhere! How do you know that Russia hasn't targeted the US
@Noplaylists naw bro, dont blame other nations, theyre doing what they can to better themselves, blame our corrupt sold out politicians for selling out-
@@aishaalamoudi599 ukraine isnt our friend or nieghbor- and you may live in a mansion, I know the corrupt politicians that signed off billions of our tax $'s live in mansions, but look around, we havent had this level of homeless since the great depression-
WWII was the last war the US fought in that was justified- we were attacked, there was a real threat to our homeland, unlike all the wars since, even though each one they tell us the lie that if we dont fight, our homeland is in danger, just like theyre doing with Ukraine, its none of our business, yet they make people believe it is... again-
@@smithchi9795 funny how Ukraines democracy matters but Guatemalas didnt, niether did Chile, Thailands, or Ugandas... on and on-
its all about $, after spending $2 trillion in Afghanistan, our weapons manufacturers were hurting for another pit to throw $ down into, hence Ukraine-
and Russia wouldnt target us if we kept our nose out their border, just like we promised to do in '91, another promise the US breaks... yet Russia is the bad guy here?
Yeah you for Senator RAND Paul it’s about time someone stood up. They can’t send a stimulus package to the people of the United States when they’re living in poverty but they can send billions off to war. Sucks for us.
Only because they would have more difficulty syphoning off Domestic transactions, into their private bank accounts.
Ask him about the farm subsidies for the big farmers in Kansas? More than 200 bi a years go to farm subsidies. mainly big farm companies
The USA spent trillions of dollars during the cold war . Now has the opportunity to destroy one of his two enemies for 50 billions dollars. Republicans are Soo dumb. ,plus without loosing one sigle American live
You’re right. I’d say it’s traitorous and criminal.
Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, you said. You dont need government help I thought. Do it yourself.
@@aztronomy7457
No never say that I’m saying the people the government should be helping are the same people they screw over.
I'm sorry, but since when were "democrats" so dead set on wasteful military spending? This is insane!
They elected a DINO.
Dave virtue signal their social issues while they advocate for a war and squelch free speech.
History isn't what you might believe it to be.
You better take a hard look at your party. It has flipped. Your party supports borrowing Billions from China to send to other countries , They support Weapons manufacturers , They support ending free speech and they support Big Pharma. Good to see your eyes are opening. Oh and this is not just something weird. It is here to stay.
Profit for themselves not for american people.
When it's about hundreds of billions of tax cut on richs or weapons for US army, it doesn't look like a problem for them
Ok Karen.
Tax the rich excessively and they will leave. Income taxes is robbery anyways. It ought to be abolished and replaced with a simple flat sales tax for every transaction
Out of curiosity how much do billionaires pay?
Sure groomer, whatever
@@lautaroaguilar9584 The rich pays most of the taxes.The rest of us get a refund check.Have I missed the bills put forward by the Democrat controlled government to close the loopholes ??? Where are they ?
Why is rand Paul wrong for saying hey. Your spending more in 2 months then we did in the first year of Iraq and we have our own issues here to address
If Biden didn't help Ukraine Paul will be saying the total opposite. So dude shutup stop playing politics.
Rand Paul‘s Net Worth is $31 Million USD. Randal Howard Paul is an American physician and politician serving as the junior U.S. senator from Kentucky since 2011. In 2016, Rand Paul has ran for the Presidency of the United States, but lost the Republican Primary to Donald Trump. Even though Rand Paul is a Senator from a poor states like Kentucky, his personal net worth is huge and leads a rich lifestyle. Rand Paul has received over $20 million through inheritance from his family. Dude been rich all his life.
@@hehateme2014 lmao. Bide ain't helping ukraine bro. Biden is helping Biden and all the other corrupt politicians involved in UKraine. Even the citizens have been vocal trying to get the truth out. Only a fool robs Peter to pay Paul like Biden is robbing Americans to support zelensky and their war crimes
@@hehateme2014 lol the best you got us he inherited money? Better than all the dems insider trading. Or how they tell you climate change is so dangerous yet their buying coastal propertieseft and right. Lol good sheep
@@cyeszin2818 yes you are right they all rich asf. Why you choosing sides. It's a political
This is the only US politician with common sense in the whole American politics !!! 😂😂😂 Keep on doing the good work senator Paul
Maybe you should look into his russian connections... and you will find out why he is objecting.
@@johanberggren7598 resluglicans don’t look deeper into things, otherwise they wouldn’t be resluglicans
every dem that demonizes him are branwashed. i been following him for years. things he say are so clear cut like his father
all the dems became war mongers all the sudden....
This is just the beginning. Countries in South East Asia, South America, and Africa will need bail outs as their economies fail. You can guess who is going to be leading that effort.
Umm china?
Well they probably ask russia since they're rich in resources. You know who's winning in here, even with the russian military "blunders" I keep hearing from the west medias, they can't really do anything to tarnish the reputation of putin. America is killing itself from this war.
Why is that a concern for Americans at all? They export something vital to USA?
@@herbertkwong1728 China? LOL they are part of the reason Sri Lanka is in the mess they are in.
@@ConsiderTheCrows No, but the US loves handing our free money. Just ask Isreal and the countless of countries receiving billions in aid every year.
Thanks Rand Paul. True patriot. Rand Paul for president 2024.
Commie bot.
Ran paul should join trump in prison
He would be the only REAL CHOICE just like his daddy was
Compare it to our defense spending!!! This isn't even a drop in that bucket! Take the money from our defense spending, and no one will ever miss it!!!!!
.. So we have 40 billion for Ukraine.. but the same corrupt politicians told us we can't afford to build a wall... all this money will go to corrupt politicians.. its amazing there are so many people happy to give away our money..
When the day comes when the United States gets attacked and invaded do you honestly believe other countries will fork over 60 billion every two months? Get off the hard drugs.
Actually is another 40 billion dollars for the defence contractor’s. Btw Ukraine isn’t gonna win this war.
Um Nooo.
You are correct, our defense budget is there to fight China and Russia, America now has a county to do the fighting for us so use our defense budget!
Dr. Paul one of a few people using their brain
Dr. Paul did experimental brain surgery on himself and it left him a lover of Communist dictators.
Rand is the man 😎
Many of us knows America is sick, so we don't worry over their actions. Almost all NATO countries has free basic health care and free or subsidised education except US, but it's spends more wastefully on foreign interest than its own people
These Congressmen and Senators doomed us long ago.
He did this because he wants a committee to oversee how expense but Ukraine and other senators are against it..Zalensky only wants the money so he can pay the oligarchs the money they’re losing from this and the territorial losses that they have lost to be mended not to mention Ukraine has been known as the most corrupt country in Europe for 10 years in a row
@@mmassehs3251 That’s an interesting and uneducated opinion.
@@Yourefreekinbrilliant I'm not so sure of that. If you look through the bills that go through there is so many that are just foolish spending no matter how you look at it. So should we keep spending money like fools?
@@Yourefreekinbrilliant how so? Half the money we already sent them got lost in Cayman Islands accounts Zelenskyy puppeteer is Name Igor kolomyski..they just funneling the money back to them selves…my wife’s relatives in Liviv say all the aid that USA is given is being given to the store to sell and they are re monopolized among rich Ukrainians that don’t even live in the country
@@mmassehs3251 you have zero proof, what are you, religious? LOL 😆
Can we just get healthcare in the US?
Thank you..... "We The People" have needs that our tax dollars can fulfill! Our Veterans, Schools, Teachers, Seniors, Children, Disabled, Unemployed due to C19, those with hospital bills that are about to send them into bankruptcy for the same reason, Nurses, Minimum wage workers, Mortgage holders, Renters, Small businesses, Farmers, Truckers, Infrastructure...We have Billions to toss to others but seemingly nothing for ourselves. All we get is the responsibility of the repayment for the debts incurred at the behest of other countries, none of the benefits. .We're in an abusive relationship and masking the cuts, breaks, and bruises! If we borrow money from the bank the first thing they want to know is how we're going to spend it, and they want collateral!
And what do you think they would use that money on? It's people? it's infrastructure? Or perhaps the children and public schooling as Americas ranking of intelligence in the world continues to plummet? don't make me laugh. Guarenteed some ones money is at stake here somewhere.
What's funny is you're talking like it's your tax dollars when in reality, America is borrowing that money cause your tax dollars can't foot the bill... It's terrifying when you think about it for too long
This has nothing to do with giving to others. This isn't a money problem. The reason they are not giving money to our people, is because they don't want to. Because if they did give out money and saved people from medical bankruptcy (what an awful awful thing that is) maybe people who were abused at work and only stayed because it was the only thing saving them from medical bankruptcy, could maybe aford to quit and try finding a better job or ask to be treated a little better. And the rich friends of the politicians wouldn't like that.
He's exactly right, and the main part(s) of the problem of this country are the politicians opposing him for standing up and speaking out for the best interest of the United States.
If your brain was in a bird, it would fly backwards. We can get good advice from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CIA, THE NSA, NATO and the UN or we can get ideas from Rand Paul based upon the thinking of Sociopath Trump and his buddy Putin.
NAZIS LIKE YOU ?
Demolishing the Russian military and humiliating Putin are of the highest interest for United States national security.
Dumb comment.
He's exactly wrong. Even Moscow Mitch and the rest of the GOP disagrees with Paul, but he insists on being that guy who always pretends to care with false equivalence when it's nothing but a stunt like everything the far-right does. We spend much more on useless things like Trump's failed wall or stuff like that did he whine back then? That money not spend to help Ukraine NOW means that Paul has blood on his hands...is he pro life? Of course not.
We spend that money alongside our allies because we understand that letting the crisis get worse in the region will create more refugees and more security threats for America in the long run, all that put together will end up costing us much more. So we need to act NOW!
He’s absolutely right this is crazy.
NOPE
Rand is the man 😎
Sen. Rand Paul is completely right. We should NOT allow this happens. $60 billion? NO WAY!
Republican tank the U.S. Economy everytime thier a Republican President. It a fact.
JUST SEND YOUR BOYTOY TRUMP OVER TO MOSCOW TO NEGOTIAT THE
SURRENDER - TRUMP GIVS AWESOME SURRENDERS - JUST ASK THE TALIBAN
Be a good person and help your neighbor. He is fighting for his life!! Step up and be the first in line to save a life!
@@sparky7915 Ukraine is not our neighbor, that would be Canada and Mexico
@@kipapula6838 Mexico is too corrupt. Canada doesn't need help. But Ukraine is a citizen of the world. You gotta think globally bro.
The worst thing may be that only a small fraction of this 40B is spent on reinforcing UKR military. When there's 0 transparency on how this money is spent, you have to wonder how much ends up in some personal bank accounts, and how many weapons ended up in the black markets of Moldova, Romania, Poland, etc.
and for sure this bill will pass over the weekend without raising eyebrows.
@@neopineaapl And it did🤦🏽♂️This sure hasn’t aged well. Now they’re asking for billions more.
Rand Paul needs to become the next president he is the only politician who seems to have common sense
He is a PUtin lover. And no the money won't be spent on people here, it will go to the top 1%
I think it's SENSE .... therein lies the problem...
Rand Paul is actually usually out of it.
@@Chugwater_Cowboy Kind of nullifies the statement...
@@dmansf49ers71 excuse my grammar 🤦🏽♂️
I'm told that the Ukraine's have reached the Russian border with nothing but farm tractors.
Why do they need another 40 billion? 🤔🤔
Because the west medias told you so that they are "winning" 🤷
Well done senator
Totally agree. Why other countries aren’t doing anything? Why all the European countries not providing more aid?
EXCUSE ME? We are providing aid, we sent money, weapons, and we capture the Ukrainian refugees, we are not the ones who made you draft the bill. that was the us government
Because they need it for their people.
Why would Europe pay for the defense of a country when they could just get us to do it, like we have been doing for them for the last 60 years?
Which European countries? Estonia, Poland, Sweden and 6 other European countries have given a larger proportion of their GDP in aid to Ukraine than the US, France Germany and the UK have.
@J J Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Ask Hunter Biden or Juliiani
We need more people like Rand in the US government
That guy sat back while they pumped up the stock market. He's a fraud.
you need Amlo, the Mexican resident. If people from the US new what he is doing for Mexico, they would want the same for the US
Like when he goes to Moscow to undermine the USA? Wow. More people like that? God help America.
People who act with their Brain and not on emotions
@@chinchecker464
Best of luck. You'll need it with folks like that guy. Maybe ask him why he visited Moscow but didn't go to Kiev. Perhaps he didn't want to upset his Russian friends?
Thanks Rand Paul from this nobody person that pays taxes yearly to see these clowns give it away without even a small debate, 🤔 I wonder will that $40B be means tested?!!!
I'd sure like some oversight on the spending, but the administration will definitely not have any of that.
You go Senator Rand Paul for saying no 👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
His oath to office? What about 1/6?
your respect for AMERICA,,,,,,,, what about the riots of 2020? your logic is flawed!!!!!
@@badwabbit1973you’re comparing riots to an insurrection? Put down the meth
I wouldn't have batted an eye if they went into the capital and lashed all of them.
What about July 4, 1776?
Rand Paul was not involved and there is no evidence to support your insinuation.
Treason is a crime that requires a real criminal charge from a federal DA. Not some accusation from a Democrat.
If they had evidence, Rand would be charged. But there are no charges which means that there is no proof. Or the evidence doesn't prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Democrats also failed at impeaching Trump. Any person watching the impeachment trial, and who actually analyzed the house managers' case and the defense's case can only come to the reasonable conclusion that Trump did not incite violence. The defense points out Democrat hypocrisy, Democrats tampering with evidence, and Democrats cherrypicking law and history.
Democrats created the Jan. 6th committee to investigate what happened on that day. It was never to seek criminal charges. According to Nancy. Yet Democrats are abusing confessional subpoena powers to target prominent Republicans.
I like the part where we passed this with little/no oversight
The US Constitution is getting a work out, it seems to be useful for everything and everyone In the government not so much for the rest of us.
Boo hoo cry me a river 😭
learn to read please
Then there is no need to preach democracy to the world then. When democracy agenda is pushed then, responsibility must be meant.
Maybe you and others should stop listening
I agree, we should stop preaching anything to the world, and take care of ourselves here at home.
Nope no need.
Or you want to give Afghanistan another try at democracy???
I admire for what Rand's saying. Can't keep throwing extra money to a foreign nation when our nation is facing such financial trouble.
It is a loan...
While it is not in the form of cash....
Weapons made by Americans provided to Ukraine...
It would face worse financial trouble if Russia had their way and launched an invasion of the US, either through military force or through spying, feeling justified and victorious from their invasion of Ukraine.
@@poweredbynato6313 Yes we can. Our financial issues in the US are minuscule compared to a free country under attack by by a maniacal sociopath.
@@rkelley2048 right...
I keep telling people...
First of all it is just a loan (even of they don't pay it back)
We still used it to move our economy...
Since we are providing American made weapons...
Made in America.... by the american people (finally)
I don't see what is the issue with some people...
(Our economy makes several trillions a year.....)
@@poweredbynato6313 why exactly do you think Ukraine is entitled to anything?
Thank you Mr Paul
God Bless the Pauls
Glad someone is doing there homework in gov. This spending is out of hand and using taxpayer funds and Chinese loan debts that we have to pay back while giving us less!!!!
you seriously think that $40 billion is going to hurt US budget? you must be thinking in rubels
There is no Chinese loans. US bonds are public offering which means everyone can purchase. Sir.
Where are you coming from? China didn't loan money to the US.
We are 3 trillion in debt to them what world are you living in
@@chrisg5248 it's simple...you don't understand financial related terms. Do your research well, China didn't lend any money in cash to the US....
US military budget $800 billion in 2021. World military spending is $2.3 trillion.
Ukraine military aid from US is $6.4 billion since 2014 to 25April2022 - less than 1%. Get a frkn grip Republikkans!
Ron and Rand Paul have criticized our military spending their entire political careers. It’s not like he’s against spending in Ukraine, but ok with massive overall military spending.
Haha only two likes!!!
I agree with Sen Rand Paul . America needs these Billions Now.
Most Americans need money to survive.
At least there one patriot in this comment section. The rest of traitorous brainwashed Cold War warmongers.
Rand Paul isn't going to give you those billions, he's going to give it to his donors. He's proven that over and over.
The only think these republicons would do is give the money to their corporate masters!
I'm not a huge fan of Rand Paul at all! However, he's been making a lot of sense for the past 2 years. Where are the other senators at?!!? Democrats?!?!? Republicans?!?!?! America in the inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas are having major problems. Please help us out!
Oath to the constitution? Same one on Jan 6th? Is this the narrative we’re choosing today? When did we decide to act morally correct?
@@nwdrifter you can miss me with Jan 6. They don't even fund the inner cities with nothing. 40 billion to Ukraine but not one dime to suffering black communities.
Rand's dad does not think we should have fought Hitler. That should tell you everything you need to know about Rand.
@@peterstafford4426 jeez. You missed the point completely. Let's say that Russia had nuclear weapons in Cuba.. would we be upset?!?! Not pro Russia but didn't they say to Ukraine to stop the pro nazi groups there too?!?! I guess you missed out on that as well.
@@peterstafford4426 It would have been much better to let the Nazis and Soviets destroy each other, instead of carving up Eastern Europe and handing it to "Uncle Joe" Stalin. The dead bodies from Hitler's terror were stacked high. The dead bodies from Stalin's were stacked twice as high.
I love how he brings China into it because they are the ones we rely on most .
No one leaves thier home without China's products, no one.
That doesn’t sound rational.
@@vichy7661 no one has a home without their products
@@Kashmirknight totally agree, and Chinese goods are on a steady, continuous improvement over years past.
@@vichy7661 No US politician can go home from office without mentioning China at least once every day.
I can't believe I'm agreeing with Rand Paul but he is 100% right not one thin dime to Ukraine, nothing.
I know that's right
Then you may have all of your thin dimes confiscated from you when the KGB invades. It’s either we spend more on Ukraine or the US gets invaded by enemy forces.
@@aycc-nbh7289 That's how the American government is so effective at stealing our money, theymake you afraid. No country not one would ever attack u.s. . Too many nukes too many guns. There is no boogie man so stop being chicken little.
1:22 hold for a second, so basically you guys intend to loan to give loan, and on top of that, from a country that you warn to sanction if it stay help Russian economy ... 👏👏👏👏
He is right, the American people are suffering.
Speak for yourself, Ivan.
Hardly suffering. According to Joe Blogs CZcams channel there are many countries really suffering. The inflation rate is about 90% and there is no wheat to have. People are literally starving and some countries are going broke. Inflation in US is about 8 or 9 percent. People are doing fine relative to some countries. Imagine you spend about 90% percent of your income on food and suddenly the cost of food jumps 90%!
Thank heck he blocked this nonsensical spending. Absolute patriot.
Nah just being dramatic. He could have suggested QUANTITATIVE TIGHTENING admins ago. It's all a show he's and Authoritarian lap dog 🐕
Rand's the man 😎
Hello, this is 9-1-1 dispatcher Rand Paul. Don't call us, we'll call you.
But that is what some of those loonies want.
Rand Paul's absolutely right.
I agree with rand paul on this one.
No. Even Moscow Mitch and the rest of the GOP disagrees with Paul, but he insists on being that guy who always pretends to care with false equivalence when it's nothing but a stunt like everything the far-right does. We spend much more on useless things like Trump's failed wall or stuff like that did he whine back then? That money not spend to help Ukraine NOW means that Paul has blood on his hands...is he pro life? Of course not.
We spend that money alongside our allies because we understand that letting the crisis get worse in the region will create more refugees and more security threats for America in the long run, all that put together will end up costing us much more. So we need to act NOW!
@@jay4you853 Russia did not attack nato or the USA. the USA has gone into other countries and taken over many times. if the USA and nato stayed out of it this family squabble between them and Ukraine this war would have been over and most of the infrastructure would not have been destroyed. nato and the USA are in a de facto war with Russia which is a nuclear super power. this is making the military-industrial complex more wealthy. I've been to combat and I'm not volunteering to go fight in no one's war that is not directly affecting my loved ones or me. let us know when you are going to armor up and go over there to give your life for Ukraine? just because there has been other bad behavior in any political party does not mean we have to allow all other bad behavior.
@@jay4you853 where's the outrage for the war in Yemen and what's been happening to them for almost 9 years? are you going to fight for their freedom as well?
It's about time Congress works for Americans
They've all sold out to Israel, Diane. Get rid of AIPAC and ban black money and maybe things will change. Until then, the US government will do Israel's bidding.
Yeah and vote out these lying, conniving republicons!
Don't worry, Mexico will pay for it.
People still waiting for the wall.
Didn't the Russian puppet later turn around the Americans back and drafted a free trade with Mexico...
Wow.. he sure showed them right... smh.
😎🍿
Finally, someone has brain to say the right thing. Nice job.
Rand is the man 😎
Hey Senator Paul, because I know you are very concerned about the budget..... we don't need to borrow from China if we immediately cancel the tax cuts for the rich and corporations.... and here is a thought. Because we live in a democracy and I know you talk about how you really believe in that too... overwhelming numbers of citizens of America want to not only reverse the tax cuts but raise taxes on the rich and corporations.
Do you ever call your representatives or email them your thoughts? I know nobody seems to and I feel like this is why they run a muck the way they do
If they can take it from the rich go ahead. But they’re gonna have us paying this back in taxes so NO
Rand Paul doesn't read CZcams comments
Nothing but Facts!
I really want Trump to pick Rand Paul for his vp
Let the Europeans take care of this. They sure can. There is no evidence more hardware to Ukraine soldiers is going to make any difference in the outcome.
Finally a lone intelligent one.
Rand Paul is the most consistently logical politician in america
The MSM has done a job convincing a lot of people that he is working for Russia. Imagine someone fighting for you so that thieves don't take your money and you're actively supporting the thief. This country is filled with dolts.
@@spec24 It's clear at this point that the ''news'' isn't news, it's propaganda. A weapon for discrediting those who would oppose government and institutional corruption.
The most audacious part is that they claim their opponents are the ones who have institutional problems...whilst they completely control the narrative themselves.
Rand is the man 😎
Thanks for common sense Rand Paul.... We give billions have open boarders and we cant take care of our Vets and poor or Elders to give them Hope.... This is insane
Finally the words comes out , now if only Mitch McConnell is able to keep his mouth shut !
He's right. These clowns are just laundering money.
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Rand Paul for president u are right. U care about us in states
Wouldn't that be something, a Paul in the white house
We have to stop dumping money in Ukraine. I95 just collapsed. We have priorities at home that are more important
Wake Up Politicians this is what America needs "Wisdom" not blind spending without consequences!!
Thank you Rand Paul!
I would have to agree with Him on this one, that Money could be better spent right here in the good old US of A, but Im sure the Gentleman from Kentucky would have different ideas about how to best spend that Money, than this FDR style Democrat!
Rand Paul works for Putin
WHen have they ever spent money on anyone in the USA other than the rich? Trump gave 1.5 TRILLION -- that's trillion -- to the top wealthiest 500 people right when he came in. It won't ever get to the people, look how hard the republicans fight price caps for insulin or PreK. Saving democracy seems worth it to me. Otherwise we are just enriching the top 1% anyway.
if it was about the money ...why are we ~30T in debt?
With all the money we wasted on war, we could have balanced our budget easily.
That you NBC for giving time to the voices of the other parties on an issue so easily wrapped in the “Do the right thing” passion so beloved by the warhawks and politicians that have lost fiscal touch with their constituents.
glad you agree that rand paul's actions are not influenced by 'do the right thing' faction. if not then by what?
@@moscuadelendaest Not bankrupting the United States is a good reason. No?
@@rort1371 40 billion dollars is very very little in comparison to the budget of the U.S. Seems like a better investment than the 2 trillion spent in Afghanistan.
You want funny? Here in California our Governor say we have a surplus of money and he is going to give health care workers a bonus. Why? Beacsue they are so valuable? No because they gave 5.5 million to help him out when the recall of him happened.
Also Newsom gives billions to non profits to help with the homeless issues we have here. funny but the more they spend on it the worse it gets. Funny but non profits gave him 1.1 million towards his recall fight.
The money just goes around in a circle.
@@rort1371 then why does he regularly vote in favor of less revenue with tax cuts?
Teachers quit their job, schools understaffed French teacher force to teach Spanish. Students' loạn skyrocket new graduates get pay lower than a meat packaging worker , foods price triple compare to last year and gas prices already hit record high. We have our own problems at home can we afford to spend that much money? While the entire EU spend about 1/3 of what US had already given to Ukraine since the war started
maybe blame the rich? corporations that pay 0 taxes?
@@pinkcrayon1382 really??? Have you notice a rack of baby rib last year around labor day walmart sale 3 for $12 now you go to Sam club $45 for a pack of 3 and I used to buy Beef inside skirt straight from the plant at $3/lb now $10/lb. (and yes I know my steak prices also) and chicken is double the price compare to just a few months ago. BTW I live in Omaha, NE you can look at the statistics how many teachers quit their job at the end of this year
Rand Paul voted against helping students with their loans.
Oh and btw, as a percentage of GDP, the US is about the 8th largest aid contributor. Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia all have given more of their treasure than we have.
@@ThuongNguyen-yw4pf so a country of 40 million people should be slaughtered because chicken and beef prices are being over price because of greedy corporations?
Long before the war and inflation ,America had the most grotesque prices for medicine and medical care in the world (e.g. insulin).
Take a careful look at your selves.
@@roslyndaniel2687 So it's OK to sacrifice the future of our Children being in an overcrowded room? Forget about Teachers being overwork and underpaid? Beside didn't the US withdraw troops from Vietnam, and Afghanistan?
let the money be used elsewhere senator. You voted to not use it on infrastructure. So don't say a word about where it could have been used
There is no money to use.
@@christophercollins2134 umm there is 😂
It could have been used by the taxpayer if it was still in his pocket.
@@AL-mc9ht
Nope there isn't.
If there was, there WOULDN'T be a deficit!!!
I really hate to agree with this man on anything but for the first time I have to agree with him. Not only does he make valid points with facts but we don’t even help out our own country with our own issues to fix. Sending that much money will do what now? So what’s the point of nato then. If NATO wants The Ukraine to join NATO then why doesn’t NATO come up with the amount of money then just one country trying to help out financially. It’s not always on American to be the saviors all the time. Eventually we will take the hit. We think prices of everything has gone up now? Sending this money just gives more reasons to raise taxes on the hard working folks here.
Thank you Rand for being the voice of reason. The US supports Ukraine, I think that is understood, but we need to act reasonably not just with emotions. You help your neighbor with a hot meal or a cup of sugar, but you dont tear out your kitchen stove and roll it to their house. Give them the international aid destined for other countries, reroute existing spending to help ukraine, dont sink us in more debt and keep stoking inflation
I wonder I you thought the same during the 22 Years of USA OCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN WHEN WE WHERE SPENDING $40 BILLION A MONTH. Hypocrite much?
@@JoseFernandez-wu8pj Yes I absolutely did feel the same, that war was a massive waste of tax money that didn't make our country safer. Put our troops in danger to pad the pockets of defense contractor companies.
@@58long rye same contractors who finance Paul’s political career
F n god..God...
It is just a loan...
Also... not cash... just weapons...
Made in America by Americans...
Jobs, etc...
F Russia.
@@JoseFernandez-wu8pj Rand Paul have always being against forever wars and nation building.
I really really hate him.
Good on Sen. Paul!
Says a Russian bot.
@@eazystreet5507 how is he a Russian bot? Do you want Ukraine to end up like other forever wars in Iraq or Afghanistan?
@@mohamedsaid9416 He's a Ukranian bot. Lol
You need a hug
@@eazystreet5507 common sense = Russian bot
With all due respect for the American Senator from Kentucky, Senator Rand Pual, Simon Jenkins from the Guardian, one of the finest English commentary writers of our time, said that an iron maxim of war is to imagine what the enemy most wants you to do, and not do it. A North American Indian proverb says to take everything that comes at you as a lesson; learn fast and move on. I believe this advice is all the Ukrainian President and the Ukrainian armed forces need in order to keep fighting and stay alive and eventually win back their captured territory. War outcomes cannot be predicted; in looking ahead it seems impossible to see how things will work out on paying the money the Ukraine’s broken economy can no longer provide month after month. It's normal for Senator Paul to question America's generous contribution, but it also gives the enemy the solution for winning the war: time. So; why not use 24-hour increments as the most realistic way forward in this dangerous confrontation between a super power pulling out all the stops and a sovereign nation reeling from 24/7 bombings and missile attacks? Let’s quit predicting when the war will end or when the Ukrainians will have this or that weapon system, because what they’ve got today is all that matters. They have to use what they have on hand. Telling the Ukrainians weapons systems are on the way is frustrating enough with the enemy advancing from every direction, but we’ve got to get this war into bite-sized chunks instead of looking at a long, protracted war that could go on for years, which is depressing and frankly, looks incredibly expensive from this vantage point. To recap: What I think must be done is to look at the war no further than the 24 hour time period we live in ourselves, because we’ll argue ourselves to death trying to imagine how we’ll be able to furnish money, food, weapons in, say, 8 months time. The best thing is for the Ukrainians to use the weapons they have today and the money they have in their central bank and stop looking to some future date as Armageddon if they run out of ammo or money or weapons. The only way to stop a tiger from killing a deer is to make sure the tiger is dead before it can get its jaws around the deer's neck. We need to concentrate on stopping the tiger asap
Kind regards,
David Te’Kannon
Geneva, Switzerland
Corruption knocks on the door
Shame that Rand Paul is the only one in the senate with any sense left
Paul is a Putin pal. He thinks Russia should be able to take Ukraine.
@@peterstafford4426 or maybe he thinks he’s responsible for the well-being of Americans and not Ukrainians
@@Sam-ht3ye Rand Paul does not have the capacity to care about anyone other than himself.
The Pauls are a rare breed indeed
Finally someone in Government that has some brains.
The government openly robs us of our tax money and openly sends to random countries like Ukraine! And also uses this money to brainwash us with state-funded media into believing that it is perfectly normal for them to do that and that we should support that!! (For example forcing us to believe that some non-EU non-NATO country on the border with Russia presents an immediate security concern for North America and tens of billions of dollars taken away from us and sent over there is perfectly justified!!) They openly say that they "stand with Ukraine" as opposed to "standing with Canada (US) and its people" which is what they were actually appointed to do!!
For once, I agree with the Senator, and strongly!! I wish, though, he had also mentioned that not spending all that money could also help find housing for the homeless, including homeless veterans who have served their country.
This man is the best
The best of the corrupt.
Rand is the man 😎
This is a VERY DANGEROUS MAN him and his political party watch out for him and the Libertarian party.
Ukrainian Astro turfer
The first time in 12 years Ive seen a senator do what theyre payed to do, good for you Senator.
He's pretty much the only one that has been fighting for the American people for the last decade.
Rand is the man 😎
I am 100% for him on this we are giving them money we don't have and where is the rest of the world on this?
Money stay in USA. With weapon, heavy machinery, rockets, ammunition makers and civilian contractors who work for USA military! More jobs for US workers. Rand Paul is just a “Putin’s puppet”. I want to see what $40 bill of dollars went for? His home state KY?
@Ahmad Hijazno what ???
@Ahmad Hijaz you said that why no?
Does this guy have a relationship with Putin?
The US is essentially fighting this war without risking American lives. It's either 40 billion the easy way or 40 billion the hard way.
I agree with you. The US and other countries who are currently helping Ukraine (and there are a lot of them), are trying to stop WW3, while Ukraine is being destroyed, but still bravely fighting on. This Senator is short sighted and selfish.
Term limits,are needed ! Thank you Rand Paul!!
Not surprised at all that Republicans support Russia... you guys would bring in Russians to help yall take out liberals
Rand is the man 😎
Where did they even get an extra 60 billion to send
How much we spent in Afghanistan for 20 years?
This is the same senator who pretends to be a libertarian when it comes to giving other states who need federal aid for emergencies and votes against it on his “principles” but the moment Kentucky needs help he becomes the biggest socialist holding office.
Spot on, and his LOVE for Russia!
Wtf? Kentucky is not Ukraine
I keep hearing people repeating this same talking point from msnbc and cnn.. you’re just repeating what you where told and patting others in the back who do the same, but did you stop and think about how this attempt to smear Rand based on an argument that has nothing to do with the issue at hand. Your bringing up an internal American state issue and comparing it to giving tax dollars to other countries when we need the money here at home. Which is part of your argument that Kentucky needs to pay its share. Why? To give to other nations or to help Americans in need who can’t even find baby formula right now
He probably also wants to increase the military spending and doesn’t mind bailing out companies at tax payers expense too.
@@joonhwi86 I’ve never seen a point go so far above someone’s head before. Paul claims to be a libertarian, votes to prevent even states from receiving aid in times of crisis, but when *his* state is in need he’s the first person in line looking for a hand out.
A country is only as good as it treats its allies. This man works for Russia, said John McCain. It seems that he's working extra hard right now.
John McCain was good at spending other people's money.
Ukraine ain't EU or NATO ally.
Let Russia have Ukraine.
@@moiseshuerta3984 Your compassion for others underwhelms me.
I’m a Democrat but Rand Paul has made some decent points on most occasions.
7 months on, the swamp is deeper than ever.
There's no easy answer, only MORE dangerous ones.