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President Biden says he won’t negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. I have news for him, he absolutely will negotiate. Conservatives will not vote to raise the debt ceiling, the majority in the House Republican majority in the House will not vote to raise the debt ceiling. Without significant budget reform. The greatest threat to our country is, and the greatest threat to our national security is the debt. One of the great things about where we are now them is it really doesn’t take as much as you would think to actually balance the budget. In Europe, over half of the country’s balance or annual budget, we think of Europe of Germany and Sweden of having these large governments. And they do, but they’re actually fiscally responsible in the sense that they spend what comes in, we could do it in our country. If we were to have a $100 billion cut, which would still have a spending way more than we spent before COVID $100 billion cut and free spending, we would balance our budget in just four years. This is amazing. We have an opportunity here. It could be done. But it would take compromise between both parties. Republicans would have to give up the sacred cow that says we will never touch $1 in military and the Democrats would have to give up the sacred Khaled they will never touch $1 in welfare. Everything would have to be looked across the board. No one has a sacred area that would be immune. And when you make the cuts across the board, they aren’t as big as you’d actually think they would be. It’s a responsible thing to do. But President Biden needs to know. Absolutely, he will negotiate and it’s better to start now.
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Sen. Rand Paul demands budget reform before raising debt ceiling
The U.S. hit its debt ceiling last week and began enacting “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default that could be disastrous for the U.S. economy. At a Jan. 25 Senate Republican press conference, Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and others spoke to reporters with a message for President Biden. Straight…
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Rand Paul derides spending bill with ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
After days of negotiations, the Senate secured a deal on passage of the $1.7 trillion government spending bill, as lawmakers scrambled to avoid a shutdown before the Friday night deadline. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said “We have an agreement. Now we will vote on all the amendments in order and then vote on final passage.…
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Senator Paul addresses the Senate regarding his position on antitrust
Last week Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., blocked an attempt by the Senate to pass the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act. The bill “would change the structure and the amount of filing fees levied by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),” increasing fees on mergers over $1 billion. Sen. Paul believes “antitrust zealots” are getting in the…
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