Sen. Rand Paul's plan for cutting $500 billion from the federal budget is more parlor game than serious proposal, as evidenced by its lack of co-sponsors.
...Like many Republicans, Paul seems not to understand that the national debt always rises in recessions. Without the temporary spike in federal spending since 2008, the economy would be much weaker and many more Americans would be jobless and poor.
Paul pines for a land built on libertarian theory. But the country of his ideals is a place that few Americans would want to leave their children.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Rand Paul's warped fiscal priorities
There's a must-read editorial in today's Herald-Leader:
