"You cannot be a conservative if you're gonna keep promoting new programs that you're not gonna pay for."
One of the few things that Rand Paul makes any sense about.
Do you agree with him or the Neo-Cons like Marco Rubio and the rest of them?
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Actually, what Rand says does not make much sense.
While it is true, perhaps, that we should PAY for any increases (and any other spending) we have in the realm of defense, it is kind of pointless to misuse the label "socialist" to address the way we currently "fund"
without regard to the ability to pay for such things. that's true for military spending as well as welfare and so forth.
In the interim however, the proportion of the national "budget" (sorry, that term "budget" is obviously not quite accurate, but it will have to suffice) we spend on national defense is an important part. You liberals 9and many libertarians like Rand) DO tend to see it as a fat cow portion from which monies for OTHER things can be taken. But that is very short term and dangerously ignorant thinking.
WE are all safer when we have the military ability to fend off a wide array of present day enemies and probable future foes. And nobody said it would be cheap.
Yes, we SHOULD arrange our national affairs so that we actually PAY for it. But that's true of every other dollar in the entire budget. It is NOT true for
only the military budget. Until we get a proper handle on that (zero based budgeting, tax reform, balanced budget amendment, and an actual commitment to doing all of the above), don't pretend that it is solely in the arena of the military portion of our budget that we must avoid socialism.
Rand does say lots of smart things. He tends (largely) to be consistent, too. But not always and not in this case.