Senator Rand Paul is highly critical of his own party, comparing them to Democrats who just don’t care how much money they spend. He says on one hand they all get behind and endorse the balanced budget amendment yet on the other hand they can’t even cut a few hundred million from ‘loser Amtrak lines’.
But the main question that he asks puts it all into context:
In what parallel universe do we cut spending and actually spend more this year than last year?
Exactly.
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