Rand Paul Attacks Paul Ryan and the GOP's Minimal Spending Cuts

Oh, the GOP candidates for Congress talked a good talk of cutting federal wasteful spending, didn't they?



Oh but how things change. Luckily for conservatives, there is Senator Rand Paul who is standing up to the Republicans doing the minimum to cut federal spending.

Rand Paul has introduced a plan to cut $500 billion in spending. Some in the Republican party are calling his plans too bold. Too bold? Have they seen the national debt now towering over $14 trillion? It appears to me the only thing many of these politicians know as bold is spending.

Senator Paul, a true conservative, is not afraid to speak up against Paul Ryan, who the establishment is trying to push as a true conservative, and yet has only come up with $32 billion in spending cuts.

From the Politico:

“But the attendees at the newly formed Senate Tea Party Caucus say, ‘Bring on the cuts! And then, bring on more!’” Paul, a leader of the new group, suggested slashing $80 billion from the Department of Education’s budget, $50 billion each from the departments of Energy and Housing and Urban Development and $42 billion each from the departments of Agriculture and Transportation.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the Budget Committee, released a plan last week to cut $32 billion from the federal budget in the coming months. The most conservative group in the House, the Republican Study Committee, has proposed cutting $100 billion this year.

Paul, though, said he is dissatisfied with both plans. “My Republican colleagues say they want a balanced-budget amendment. But to have any semblance of credibility, we must begin to discuss where we will cut once it passes. My proposal is a place to start,” he wrote.

“A real discussion about the budget must begin now — our economy cannot wait any longer. For 19 months, unemployment has hovered over 9 percent. After a nearly $1 trillion government stimulus and $2 trillion in Federal Reserve stimulus, the Washington establishment still believes that we can solve this problem with more federal spending and the printing of more money.”

That, he said, is “ridiculous, and the American people have had enough.”

Fortunately, Senator Paul may not be alone is pushing the half trillion in spending cuts. While he hasn't co-sponsored Senator Paul's bill, Senator Tom Coburn is at least considering Paul's spending cut proposals. From National Review:

“I could give you $350 billion worth of cuts tomorrow that nobody would miss,” Coburn says. “All we’d have to do is get another $150 billion through efficiency.” Paul’s bold number, he adds, is a step toward making across-the-board cuts a reality.

“The people who hear that number, and go ‘Oh, no, no, no,’ they don’t actually know what’s going on in the government,” Coburn says. “People say ‘no,’ but it’s an uninformed ‘no.’”

Hey Senator Coburn, won't you consider co-sponsoring this Senator Paul's bill? Show some courage and earn the title fiscal hawk.