so rand paul brands himself as this hard core libertarians. he always talks about limited government, small government, limited spending. this is right in line with his ideology if you look at it that way. but there s sort of an irony here. that is that rand paul just a couple of years ago backed the republican tax bill which the congressional budget office said was going to add more than $2 trillion to the national debt. and so i think critics of rand paul get frustrated because sometimes he talks about not wanting to spend money and add to the debt, but he does it choosingly. a lot of people are concerned about the national debt. we re at $20 trillion and rising quickly. but republicans generally are not talking about that right now in this age of trump. that s gone out the window. so the fact he s objecting to this bill that is so popular with both republicans and democrats and really would help people who responded on 9/11,
and we have a difference here on syria. ben rhodes, thanks for being with us. get some sleep. thank you. coming up next, what do hard core libertarians and far left liberals have in common? a lot when it comes to firing off cruise missiles. how the crisis in syria is creating an identity crisis in washington. still ahead, she called him mr. wonderful. now a new film is detailing princess diana s most intimate and private affair.
there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what s your story? citi can help you write it. we are not yet in the place in this country where the first responders can talk with one another. ten years after 9/11, we are not yet at the place where we know who s in charge at the site of a disaster. that, the sobering message from the national security preparedness group. at a time when we re having yet another debate about the role of government following a disaster, in this case, hurricane irene, even hard core libertarians agree that the most basic tenet
politics, to analyze how people are doing. and when you have a politician handing the ball off to the opponents and letting them run, then i bring it up. but ideologically, i m still disoriented. this president has given republicans more than a republican president would ever be able to give them, right? he s given them a great deal. it may turn out to be a good deal for him, too. if the economy is not doing well in 2012, he s in big trouble no matter what. the news flash, though, after years of democrats saying that tax cuts don t help the economy, this is barack obama admitting what he eve been saying all along that tax cuts help the economy. it is. i think it s exactly the right thing to do. there are sort of hard core libertarians who will quibble with a few pieces. they shouldn t. he should get three cheers. it was a great deal for the economy. it may be a great deal for the democrats, too. what does it say that a
at our house we just got and i ll answer the question, how man people live in your home. period. that s it. that is everybody has to make their own choice and the one question there, that people are like, well, give them the phone number. go ahead, give it to them and i ve had friends who answered it and honestly these are people who are real hard core libertarians and know the constitution inside and out and they were spooked by how many phone calls they got and how aggressive the government got on, answer the question, answer the question, answer the question. i will tell you, i think you have to answer it yourselves, that is what the constitution calls for. they have added these questions, you know, and we have been answering all of these question, they are sending out for quite some time and my problem is, the government was not out of control ten, 15 years ago, i was just starting to figure this out, you know?