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It’s an unusual move — a rookie senator releasing his own version of the federal budget — but it says a lot about how Paul is trying to carve an unconventional identity in the stodgy Senate. As he tries to navigate Senate politics, Paul faces a key question: Will he use his national profile to paint himself as a conservative firebrand and perennial outsider, or will he work within the system and with senators across the ideological spectrum to settle for less ambitious deals?
Ambitious indeed! Go Rand, go!
Proposing a federal budget as a junior Senator takes a pair. Obama is going to have a tough time dodging this in the SOTU address next week.
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It will be interesting to see what's in the bill, but all they need to do is get rid of the two overwhelming spending points, the wars and the tax cuts for the rich. Just getting rid of those two things would save trillions.
I can't make a reasonable argument to myself for why we should completely cut the Education Department, severely cut back other federal departments and send everything back to the States. One thing the States would not be getting is Federal funding. The functions of education would still be required, only at the state level. Many states are already stretched to the point of breaking. If I went with the less Federal, more state government scenario, I don't see the benefits. My federal taxes might go down, but my state taxes would go up. Worse, there would be an increase in the number of local ego-centric power brokers, only at the state and county level instead of federal. Personally, I'd like to keep all those egos in Washington where I don't have to deal with them too closely. Guess I'll wait to see what Rand says, but I doubt my opinion will be swayed.
It will be interesting to see what's in the bill, but all they need to do is get rid of the two overwhelming spending points, the wars and the tax cuts for the rich. Just getting rid of those two things would save trillions.
Yes that is true but I'm afraid that will never happen. There's just too powerful political muscles behind those two.
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