In 2014 I started this blog to write about my 44 years in DoD contracting. With Trump gone, I hope to return to that ideal opportunity. I hope I remember it all - lol!
Rand Paul is stupid about coivd-19, but he is spot on about the defense budget being too big!
Shutdown a possibility as Rand holds up defense bill
The libertarian-leaning senator is using his procedural powers to block swift passage of the legislation.
By ANDREW DESIDERIO, CONNOR O’BRIEN and BURGESS EVERETT12/10/2020 01:41 PM EST
Updated: 12/10/2020 08:01 PM EST
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/10/rand-paul-defense-bill-444363
"The Kentucky Republican is objecting to swift passage of the annual defense policy bill, forcing senators to remain in Washington for an extra day as he filibusters the $740 billion legislation. But the government needs to be funded past Friday — and the short one-week spending bill can't be passed before then without agreement from all 100 senators to vote. "
Sadly, the way American politics works we have to have a crisis to get things right, and holding up the Government to get a better grasp of an almost trillion dollar budget needs time to study the contents of the budget!
America is in love with their biggest Socialist program, the Department of Defense!
"Paul, no stranger to filibusters, said in an interview Thursday that he opposes a provision in the bill that would hamstring the president’s ability to draw down American troops from Afghanistan.
“That amendment alone is enough to make me object to it, as well as the amount of spending,” he said. Removing a provision from a conference report would destroy a massive agreement on defense spending."
American withdrawal from endless wars is a start to ending waste, and enabling a better and stronger America.
Defense Spending Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Hype, Reality, and Real Solutions
November 20, 2008
