[Peace-discuss] pretty good HP article on Rand Paul

[C. G. Estabrook]

In an article online in the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal this week, the 
younger Paul seems to include cutting war spending.  But in the event he seens 
not to go beyond the rodomontade we get from Obama's oh-so-flexible war 
secretary.  Paul writes,

"My proposal would also cut wasteful spending in the Defense Department.  Since 
2001, our annual defense budget has increased nearly 120%.  Even subtracting the 
costs of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, spending is up 67%.  These 
levels of spending are unjustifiable and unsustainable.  Defense Secretary 
Robert Gates /*understands this*/ /*and has called for spending cuts*/, saying 
'We must come to realize that not every defense program is necessary, not every 
defense dollar is sacred or well-spent, and more of everything is simply not 
sustainable'" [emphasis added].


On 2/15/11 9:07 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
> Many Ron Paul supporters criticized his son Rand quite severely during his 
> campaign for
> some neoconnish leanings and other deviations from fundamental principles.
>
> I do have to admit that Rand is doing pretty well at holding the line so far.
> He is also unashamedly calling himself a Tea Party-er of the 16 Dec 2007 variety.
> He doesnt seem to bother in saying that he is different from the astroturfers.
>
> HuffPost has a pretty good piece on Rand -
>
> /Rand Paul is a dangerous man. The thing is it's difficult to tell whether the 
> Freshman Senator from Kentucky is more dangerous to the Left or the Right. 
> Unarguably, he is dangerous to 'The System', for if nothing else he isn't 
> screwing around...Apparently Rand Paul wasn't merely piggybacking the 
> anti-government groundswell of 2010. He was damned serious. And now that 2011 
> begins with him on the inside, he's going to stand on principle, at least for 
> the time being. This is nothing Republicans want to hear.../
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-campion/the-tea-party-man_b_821796.html
>
>
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