Ron, Rand Paul discuss broken government with Blitzer
Posted By Steve Adcock On February 24, 2010 (10:44 am) In Voices and Choices
SOUTHERN ARIZONA – Small government Republicans Ron Paul and son Rand Paul discussed broken government with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer this week, arguing that the “government mechanism is broken because the government is broke”.
“By the time you go broke, the government is too big and inefficient,” Ron Paul said early in the interview. ”You have to admit that you can’t pay the bills.”
Dr. Paul argued that with a 10% inflation rate, you’ve wiped off a trillion in national debt.
“Show me a government program that has ever come in under budget,” son Rand Paul said, responding to CBO data that suggested cutting waste, fraud and abuse may enable national health care to be paid for without adding to the United States’ running deficit.
Both Congressmen Paul and Kentucky Senatorial candidate Rand Paul recognize the severity of our government’s debt and refuse to believe that adding government programs will somehow fix what ails the American people, literally and figuratively.
“I would reject what the president is proposing [regarding health care], and we as Republicans need to articulate a version of what we would do,” Rand said. ”When government sets the price for health care, the patient quits caring about the price, and there is no price competition.”
Regarding the War in Iraq, “It is not in our national security interest, and the sooner we end this, the better,” remarked Ron Paul in response to a question from Blitzer regarding disagreements between the father and son in terms of national security.
“The most important enumerated power of the federal government is to take care of our national security,” Rand said. ”I will make them debate whether they declare war or not,” Paul continued. ”It’s not enough to just say that our national security is threatened.”