Rand Paul Long on Budget Cuts, Short on Specifics

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http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/rand-paul-long-budget-cuts-short-specifics/story?id=12079618

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"Give me one specific cut, Senator-elect," This Week anchor Christiane Amanpour asked Paul in an exclusive interview Sunday morning.

"All across the board," Paul said.

"But you can't just keep saying all across the board," Amanpour pressed.

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Paul, the son of libertarian-leaning Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, said that one place he would not be willing to cut is the salaries of military service members. But he said reducing the foreign military footprint of the United States would be a route to lowering expenditures. "Now can we say we gradually don't need as large of an Army if we're not in two wars? Yes, I think you can say that. You can save money there. You can bring some troops home," he said.

[greymattermom]

1. close Ft. Knox and Ft. Campbell

Bring back tolls on the interstates. Increase fees at Mammoth Cave. Stop farm subsidies. Kentucky deserves all this and more.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Sorry, Rand...you'll be hearing soon from the MIC lobbies for your re-educational programming.

Military budgets are to Republicans what SS is to Democrats. He won't vote to cut military spending.

[bullwinkle428]

3. He TOTALLY side-stepped questions on the Afghanistan occupation!

:mad: :mad:

[Lasher]

He's sidestepped everything.

His handlers made him shut up because every time he opened his mouth people started to realize what a clown he is.

[sammytko]

4. ok - so don't need as big an army - isn't that cutting salaries?

They already shut down almost all the bases in europe.

[Gin]

5. does tobacco still get a subsidy? if so...cut that sucker

[bullwinkle428]

6. Just like some incoming Repuke assclown Congressman was saying

yesterday - "We need to make significant cuts in the federal workforce!"

Hey, Stooge, tell me again how making a huge INCREASE in the unemployment figures is suddenly going to bring about this great economic resurgence?

[Lasher]

8. Well that way we can give more money to rich people.

So they can invest in more factories in China and India and then offshore what's left of US jobs.

[annm4peace]

7. very hard to hear the morning shows

it is getting so much worse.

[66 dmhlt]

9. Sunday talk shows? Damn that "Liberal" media

Here's today's "fair" lineup of twelve - count 'em ... TWELVE - republicans, "balanced" by two Democrats:

• ABC, "This Week"
Sen.-elect Rand Paul (R-KY)
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)
Former Reagan administration Budget Director David Stockman (Although Stockman got canned, and is supposed to discuss today the idiocy of tax cuts for the rich)

• CBS, "Face the Nation"
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC)

• CNN, "State Of the Union"
Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)
Sen.-elect Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

• Fox, "News Sunday"
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)

• NBC, "Meet the Press"
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)

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10. Just like Palin read "all the papers"

All of them