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Originally Posted by NobodyHere
Personally I agree with Rand in that exchange. Rubio IMO comes off as just another typical politician in saying he wants child tax credits, wants increased military spending, wants to cut taxes yet we'll magically have a balanced budget. That's just fiscally irresponsible and not fiscally conservative. It's a big reason why we're always running budget deficits.
In regarding the military, why do most conservatives want to keep throwing money at it when we spend more than the next 10 nations combined. They should be calling for audits instead to make sure we're spending the money in a responsible manner. |
I agree that Rubio is a typical politician over promising during the campaign in general, but in that specific exchange it was a minor tax cut ("only" $170b iirc) and something that would be widely supported. There is a caricature that Republicans/Conservatives would let a poor person starve before giving them assistance, but Rand Paul actually believes in it and was trying to get Rubio to agree to that extreme position where not a single dollar redistributed* by the government is ever okay. And I not only strongly disagree personally with that position, but also think it clearly won't win a general election.
* redistributed, refunded, call it what you want. The actual specifics beyond "putting the welfare of our nation's children above ironclad theoretical principles" is irrelevant.