It was just a way to join the crowd wanting increased military spending since the propaganda outlets have stirred up the party base for the last six months or more. So, in a very good checkers move, Rand just sat back and let Rubio and ilk beat the drums for more 'defense' spending which Sen. Cruz (so-called fiscal hawk up until now) and then he offered a modest increase by cutting much more elsewhere in his own amendment, thus offsetting it. He basically just tactically exposed Cruz, Rubio and the rest of them as fiscal frauds and scored some serious ammo for the future campaign and is relentlessly hitting them in the media right now. win win

‘Recipe For Disaster’: Rand Paul Attacks Rubio’s Seriousness On Deficit

In an interview with The Daily Caller, Rand Paul took a shot at potential 2016 rival Marco Rubio for proposing to increase military spending without offsets elsewhere.

Earlier Thursday, both Paul and Rubio offered separate amendments that would have increased military spending. While Paul’s amendment included specific cuts in the budget to make up for the increase in spending, Rubio’s didn’t.

Neither amendment passed. But Paul is arguing the episode foreshadows a significant divide in the upcoming Republican presidential race.

Speaking by phone Thursday, Paul said: “I think it shows a lack of seriousness, in regard to the problem of the deficit, if you’re willing to increase spending $190 billion dollars without cutting any spending. That is reckless and a recipe for disaster.”

“I think there’s a very important distinction, or separation, that occurred on that vote,” Paul added. “Particularly among people who are considered to be potential candidates.”

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Hillary Hit with Racketeering Lawsuit


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"It couldn't have happened to a nicer couple."

Paulonomics: Rand’s Plan For An Economic Boom

The 2016 race has begun to heat up in recent days for the Rand Paul campaign, with several key hires having been made and an April 7th announcement date scheduled to declare his candidacy for president. With over a dozen rivals expected to challenge Paul for the Republican nomination, one of his major challenges is going to be convincing the American people that he is the man with the vision to restore American greatness. Fortunately for his libertarian fans, Rand Paul has a budget plan that would cause an economic boom by utilizing core economic principles that conservatives and libertarians alike agree on. This bold vision for America would create millions of jobs by instituting the first real spending cut we have seen since World War 2 ended, a major tax cut that would leave billions of dollars in the economy, and a regulatory reform plan that would simplify the process of dealing with a treacherous federal government for American families, businesses and individuals everywhere.

The budget begins with a $411 billion cut year one, paving the way to a balanced budget in five years. It accomplishes this by eliminating four federal departments (Education, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Energy), repealing Obamacare and block granting welfare programs (Medicaid, SCHIP, food stamps, and child nutrition) to the states. These cuts would not only mean not paying for four federal departments and several federal welfare programs, but would also create an important reduction in the amount of regulation being imposed on Americans under the Obama administration. The departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in particular have encroached on the basic liberties of the American people for far too long, and we must have a president who is ready to eliminate them. The Paul plans elimination of these departments will cause an end to federal takeovers like Common Core and plans to socially engineer our communities via HUD. The elimination of four federal departments will create a regulatory climate that is easier to navigate than it has been in many decades. We now have a federal government that spends recklessly and a national debt that is approaching $19 trillion, and we can no longer afford to elect Republicans who talk about cutting spending in vague ways and then fail to follow through. The Paul plan creates meaningful strides towards shrinking government.

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Rand Paul Proposes Boosting Defense Spending

His amendment would add $76.5 billion to the defense budget

Just weeks before announcing his 2016 presidential bid, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is completing an about-face on a longstanding pledge to curb the growth in defense spending.

In an olive branch to defense hawks hell-bent on curtailing his White House ambitions, the libertarian Senator introduced a budget amendment late Wednesday calling for a nearly $190 billion infusion to the defense budget over the next two years—a roughly 16 percent increase.

Paul’s amendment brings him in line with his likely presidential primary rivals, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who introduced a measure calling for nearly the same level of increases just days ago. The amendment was first noticed by TIME and later confirmed by Paul’s office.

The move completes a stunning reversal for Paul, who in May 2011, after just five months in office, released his own budget that would have eliminated four agencies—Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Energy and Education—while slashing the Pentagon, a sacred cow for many Republicans. Under Paul’s original proposal, defense spending would have dropped from $553 billion in the 2011 fiscal year to $542 billion in 2016. War funding would have plummeted from $159 billion to zero. He called it the “draw-down and restructuring of the Department of Defense.”

But under Paul’s new plan, the Pentagon will see its budget authority swell by $76.5 billion to $696,776,000,000 in fiscal year 2016.

The boost would be offset by a two-year combined $212 billion cut to funding for aid to foreign governments, climate change research and crippling reductions in to the budgets of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Commerce and Education.

Paul’s endorsement of increased defense spending represents a change in direction for the first-term lawmaker, who rose to prominence with his critiques of the size of the defense budget and foreign aid, drawing charges of advocating isolationism. Under pressure from fellow lawmakers and well-heeled donors, Paul in recent months has appeared to embrace the hawkish rhetoric that has defined the GOP in recent decades. At the Conservative Political Action Conference in February Paul warned of the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). “Without question, we must now defend ourselves and American interests,” he said. Asked about federal spending, he added, “for me, the priority is always national defense.”

More...http://time.com/3759378/rand-paul-defense-spending/

Paul Courts Christian Conservatives
Presidential hopeful seeks support of religious voters


When he announced his candidacy for president this week, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, made a strenuous bid for support from Christian conservatives. But one of Cruz's rivals, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is taking a different route to court the same constituency – waging an aggressive behind-the-scenes campaign rather than emphasizing a dramatic public appeal, and his aides say it will eventually pay big dividends.

For many months, Paul has been quietly meeting with scores of leaders from the Christian right to gain support for his presidential campaign, which he is expected to officially announce April 7. Some of the meetings have been held during dinner in the Senate dining room; other sessions have been in Paul's Senate office, and still others have been conducted while he traveled outside Washington.

Paul met Tuesday in Washington with Kent Ingle, the president of Southeastern University; Brian Carroll, executive vice president of Southeastern; and other officials from the Christian-oriented school located in Lakeland, Florida.

Among others with whom Paul has talked in recent months were evangelist Rodney Howard-Browne; Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas; Jerry Johnson, president of the National Religious Broadcasters Association; Daniel Kolenda, president of Christ for All Nations; Banning Liebscher, founder of the Jesus Culture ministry; and singer and Christian activist Pat Boone.
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Doug Wead, a friend of Paul's who has strong ties to the Christian conservative community, has been helping the senator make these connections. Asked why Paul might appeal to Christian conservatives, Wead told me that the Kentucky senator is a born-again Christian and "is seen as a candidate who can win, and Christian conservatives have come to realize that this is important." Paul "is seen as the future," Wead added. "He has organic, real support from the young, Hispanic and now African-Americans as well as liberals who care about civil liberties."

Among other reasons for conservative Christian support, Wead said, Paul has made it a high priority to protect religious liberty, and he has the potential to raise large amounts of money so he is unlikely to have his political operation go broke at a crucial time. Christian leaders fear that a shortage of money could hamper other presidential candidates such as Cruz and potential candidates such as former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.
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I suppose I can forgive some for watching these shows if there were other virtues they had such as understanding liberty or bitcoin but just happened to get into one of these programs. That said, these reality shows makes the viewer feel like they have a stake in the show as if they're are somehow related or part of the family. However, by and large, if this is the type of program you turn on right when you get home from work and are part of the boobeoisie then I throw them in with other segments of the low info crowd that is easily manipulated by the media cause they spend very little time critically thinking about what is going on in the world and focusing on holding their governments accountable.

Compared to most of the other republican Senators, Cruz does pretty well on fiscal matters which some would say are libertarian leanings these days rather than just 'conservative' leanings - that in the past have always went status quo or democrat lite. He's about as far removed from libertarianism that I could live with supporting and voting for, given the alternatives. If Bush, Rubio or any of the rest of the brady bunch get the nomination, I'll vote LP.

Isn't that the truth. Between these guys and the recent secret service dudes doing similar things abroad, you'd wonder how these guys got their top secret level security clearances in the first place. Just goes to show, when you have a badge and think you're above the law at such a high level, some are prone to lapsing judgement at times.

This Pope is definitely more liberal in his teachings while the last few and beyond were typically more conservative. Perhaps, it's what neck of the woods these guys were from that brought on the distinction but in any event, these scandal issues have always been dealt with w/i The Church itself rather than getting the state involved.

I'm so sick of these people and wish I could never hear again about climate change and any of their agenda-driven poop being fed to the drones out there. There's clearly a profit motive that is hoping to be primed in green tech that has already been proven to be fraudulent.

I doubt this ban will happen plus many of the upper class will want to get their hands on it now or in the near future. They either stay and buy or cross borders to do so. The rest of the lower classes may have to come up with alternative options if the latter happens.

Most have turned out bad but CryptoVest Financial Services CVFS has a clean business model and has been paying solid dividends to shareholders on CS and on other related host sites. I'm looking forward to their expansion into a bigger company and would recommend them to others.

I saw that movie last month and thought it was terrible. It seemed totally ridiculous and too much violence for my tastes. The plot just seemed ho hum to me.

True but most do not know about that and the resulting sheer panic by those in coach can be terrifying. I know that sheer turbulence will create tension and anything else will not sit well with the unknowing passengers. Coming to a successful landing is a godsend at that point and likely a time where you just stay on the ground.

I think the sky is pretty much the limit as to what these people can get away with. Coverups and media obfuscations are par for the course here. Furthermore, these figureheads are merely doing what their handlers want them to do.

The only downside about this guy getting what's coming to him is that he won't be going to state prison where the tough guys live but instead, to federal prison where the white collar criminals typically end up. God it'll be great when all these shysters are behind bars once and for all.

Just hit up the bitcoin foundation and I'm sure you can get what you're looking for. Better yet, if you're looking for a spokesperson just go with Andreas or Gavin.

Good grief, the US would be so much better off had we elected Ron Paul as the President but the media and all the complexes that feed off big government foot us tooth and nail, not to mention misrepresenting the man to the general public. However, he taught many souls about free markets and non-interventionism and set his son (Rand) on course to accomplish what he couldn't.

I'm a smoker too and wouldn't smoke around any of my younger cousins but the threat of force towards those that would is wrong. Also, the threat of second hand smoke has been debunked and this nanny statism is not something that we need more of.