Rand Paul Slams 'So-Called Conservatives' While Opposing COVID Bill on Senate Floor
By Jack Davis
Published December 22, 2020 at 9:06am
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Monday denounced the $900 billion COVID-19 relief legislation that was later passed by the Senate as “free money” that will doom future generations to drown in the nation’s debt.
The bill was approved 92-6, with Paul joined in opposition by Republican Sens. Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Ted Cruz of Texas and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, according to Fox News.
In a floor speech on Monday, the libertarian- leaning Paul said the “monstrous spending bill we are presented with today is not just a deficits-don’t-matter disaster, it is everything Republicans say they don’t believe in.”
Paul said the bill is rooted in the concept that deficits do not matter.
“Most Republicans rightly lampoon this quackery — that is, when they’re not practicing the quackery themselves,” he said.
“This bill is free money for everyone,” he said.
“Proponents don’t care if you’re fully employed, or own your own house, or own your own business. ‘Free money for everyone,’ they cry. And yet, if free money were the answer, if money really grew on trees, why not give more free money? Why not give it out all the time?” Paul said.
In a speech laden with sarcasm, Paul said if the goal of the legislation was to dole out as many dollars as possible, the limits it included should be raised.
“Why stop at $600 a person? Why not $1,000? Why not $2,000? Maybe these new free-money Republicans should join the Everybody-Gets-a- Guaranteed-Income Caucus? Why not $20,000 a year for everybody, why not $30,000?” he asked.
“If we can print up money with impunity, why not do it?” Paul said.
“The Treasury can just keep printing the money. That is, until somebody points out that the emperor has no clothes and that the dollar no longer has value.”
Paul said the stakes of the bill’s passage are great.
“To so-called conservatives who are quick to identify the socialism of Democrats: If you vote for this spending monstrosity, you are no better,” Paul said.
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“When you vote to pass out free money, you lose your soul and you abandon forever any semblance of moral or fiscal integrity.”
Paul continued his attack on the bill on Twitter.
Poster Comment:
The Dollar has lost 96% of its value since the founding of the Federal Reserve.
#1: BTP Holdings To: All (#0)
Now, if Creepy Joe Bidette should occupy the Oval Office, all of the gains made by Trump will go to naught.
When I was a kid in Chicago we lived a mile from Wrigley Field. We would walk to the ball games. I cost $1 o get into the Bleachers.
One day I spotted a $20 lying on the ground near the refreshment stand, I pounced in that quick since that was a lot of cash back then. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-12-23 00:20:18 Reply Private Reply
#2: Ada To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Good for those guys and Marsha.
Ada posted on 2020-12-23 09:41:54 Reply Private Reply
#3: BTP Holdings To: Ada (#2)
You must be in the Volunteer State. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-12-23 10:32:49 Reply Private Reply