MUST WATCH: Rand Paul Calls Out Shocking Government Spending, Defends Positions On Senate Floor

[@alocarioca]

We The People DEMAND an end to this ludicrous ridiculous out of control spending!!!!!

[@ChristineMarie29]

Amen !! I

[@LisaCates-j8i]

Amen

[@danpress7745]

So, keep voting the spenders in, BOTH Dems and Reps.

[@malleus.maleficarum.24]

It's already too late

[@johnrozek5854]

I'm one of millions that disagree with the government spending taxpayers money on BS

[@jean9h]

Lol, the Govt's definition of BS and Your definition of BS, I bet, are as opposite as North and South; left and right, Heaven and Hale, and last, Rich and Poor!! The 99% are Poor and the 1% are so RICH, very super rich, that they can go organ shopping for kidneys, corneas, hearts, at guaranteed healthy prices!!!

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

@johnrozek5854 Continuing to pay is you showing your agreement.

[@jaybee3895]

it will soon be billions if the U.S keeps this shit up

[@danpress7745]

@@johnrozek5854 watch the debate between Paul and Kennedy. Paul amendment to reduce spending, Kennedy, the mouth callin' Dems spenders, arguing against Paul's amendment.

[@JasonJames1776]

We should NOT be sending money to any foreign countries for any reasons until our own country is straightened out.

[@ChristineMarie29]

Amen!

[@YogeyThaYogetta]

Including Israel

[@sandracarter9628]

Trump says he will have a huge reconciliation, they aren't doing nothing but putting this on paper, watch closely, he has this,, he just wants them on record 😊

[@oraliaornelas5742]

America let’s wake up enough with this irresponsible spending. We the people are the only one who can make this change!!!

[@LIVEALOHA207]

No balanced budget in 30 yrs. and they want a salary increase? HELL NO!

[@cindikidd8830]

Come on January 20th... Sure am glad Sen. Paul is on our side!!!!

[@t0mq]

He needs to line up under Trump......talk a lot less

[@Redwave2025-d9x]

🤣

[@maryatvan]

Is Johnson a rhino?

[@llk3763]

I support zero based budgeting - where every program must start with zero each year, and justify every dollar they are requesting for their proposed budget for approval by the tax payers.

[@gailconlon9507]

@@llk3763 AMEN! 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️🎁🇺🇸

[@morganfbilbo462]

I remember that being suggested many years ago. But they don't seem to grasp the severity. Somehow it's OK to have deficit spending. And keep kicking it down the road. And why we keep giving support to other countries. Let israel, Ukraine and others fight their own wars - without US aid.

[@Tracey-cg8vv]

I like it

[@Kamalacackleharris]

Him and his father are National treasures🎉 Edit 5:08:10

[@sherriesampson5488]

Good Job!

[@davelassiter392]

The government and universities are full of DEI hires. It’s time let them go and cut ideological hires. This will make government and universities affordable. Plus, ideological hires can be replaced with people that exhibit the excellence needed for a particular job.

[@Cj-qt2ls]

And get rid of WEFs and United Nations members and stop paying these orgs that we didn't vote for but give them our tax money

[@chrisbronis2207]

Common sense! Thank God.

[@Genesis-007]

So why haven't they been fired for gross misconduct,?

[@Cj-qt2ls]

Arrested

[@Youdoneedmyname]

YOU hire and fire them through elections.

[@Marie-w5f2o]

just wait. . .

[@BarbaraMclain-o3h]

Vote them out!

[@Genesis-007]

@Marie-w5f2o been waiting for a few years, but I get the patience thing

[@DragonHeart5150]

I really feel we Need to focus on the USA and not any other countries.

[@soullowhill]

They're clearly doing it on purpose and still they accomplished nothing just so they could ask for more

[@freedomforusa1658]

It is to sink America on purpose.

[@PuppyNutter3]

Ask.....lol

[@overk1ll520]

Why are not congress critters being busted out of office immediately for fiscal irresponsibility?

[@IlxXxII]

Don't worry, Xvv is working on it.

[@lindabergman3127]

And treasonous activities and egregious abuses of power???

[@morganfbilbo462]

Because they keep getting reelected by ignorant voters.

[@oraliaornelas5742]

We cannot afford foreign aid!!!!

[@diannefurey7990]

Exactly! When we can't afford to help our own citizens who were devastated by a hurricaine, no other country should be given a dime of taxpayer money ey. VOTE THEM OUT!! FIRE THESE CONGRESS MEMBERS WHO CAN'T BALANCE A BUDGET.

[@JasonJames1776]

How about NO FOREIGN AID‽‽‽

[@steveladner4346]

If you want to know how people really are all you have to do is look at how their children act.... Mr. Ron Paul is the real deal.

[@Mschasz3129]

I always look at the inside of the car there driving 👍

[@musicbyethan]

he is also a career politician.

[@elouise5593]

​@@musicbyethan True, but I trust him a lot more than most of the other career politicians!

[@happyappy19931]

Thank you, Rand Paul. If only others would join you.

[@oraliaornelas5742]

Who is sending us foreign aid because let’s recognize we are in dire need of it. Our country is a mess.

[@elouise5593]

No one. We seem to be the world's piggy bank.

[@ukaserex]

So..we're funding other countries when we're in debt. We all know this doesn't make sense. Would you lend your brother 5k if you had all your plastic maxed out? No! You'd say, sorry, but I got bills. Why doesn't our congress do the same?

[@steveb796]

Did you complain about it when trump did it first term?

[@lindabergman3127]

Greed n massive corruptions kickbacks bribes etc

[@janetmartin9372]

Yes and so did Rand Paul ​@@steveb796

[@laurastauffer1275]

What do you mean be entitlement ?

[@trishmeshell8521]

Yes, Nancy Pelosi and McCarthy brought Earmarks back….both sides voted yes!

[@56Victorine]

love Dr.Rand Paul! I has got this exactly right... Come on Elon!

[@elizabethroselle9807]

Where are all the cowards who are letting this crime happen? Mike Johnson needs to chop the horrible waste in this bill. If not, I will lose all respect for you. The politicians should all donate a portion of their ill-gotten gains to the people.

[@EdwardOtero-p8c]

ANYBODY who resists Donald Trumps new Government program DOGE needs to listen to this over and over until they GET IT. People like Rand Paul who come up with Bills like this, also deserve a "Top Billing" to show American taxpayers exactly where our country is headed if we don't put a serious STOP to spending money that quite frankly WE DON'T HAVE !

[@madi22908]

They should all work through the holidays without pay

[@SuzanneMorais-tk5qt]

One of my great favourites...I'm surprised his not in Trump administration...🇿🇦

[@sherryyarger3753]

I thank Senator Paul for his honesty and forthrightness!

[@WaKincaid]

WHO EVER IS CHARGED WITH AMERICA’S DEBT 💸 SOLUTIONS, START WITH RAND PAUL , HE HAS THE BEST WAY FORWARD .

[@vernoncollins708]

Agree 👍

[@bradleyknight5756]

Maybe America can get relief from other countries? I hear the Ukraine is doing pretty good.

[@johnandrobinmccoy8305]

For sure. We pay 100% of their entire country first responder budget. We also pay for retirements there. Complete insanity.

[@44magg]

Good idea, Israel's received the most from us, let's start there 😊

[@Literallyarealhuman]

Problem with that is they already paid us for what we paid them except that it went straight to the Biden corporation.

[@Literallyarealhuman]

@@44magg And Israel has helped us and will continue to help us more than you seem to know.

[@44magg]

@@Literallyarealhuman other than purchasing weapons and bombs from companies in the US (which DOES NOT have a profit sharing agreement of any kind with the US tax payer) then please explain how the average citizen benefits in any way, our taxes funneling there or ANYWHERE else in the world.

[@Hands2HealNow]

Say NO TO ANY LIMITS on free speech!!!

[@oraliaornelas5742]

These profits are good for whom? Who profit from these wars. Politicians should not be allowed to profit from supplying anything towards war. That is a conflict of interest!!

[@glorioskiola]

The military contractors give lots of money to their re-election campaigns.

[@colettelane1736]

🎯💯👍

[@trishmeshell8521]

@oraliaornelas5742 Sister. I agree with every statement you’ve made!

[@susanpolin2619]

THANK YOU SEN RAND PAUL. Paper Chase's do NOT DECEIVE. HOLD them ACCOUNTABLE. 🙏🇺🇲

[@michelburkett347]

BETTER DO IT IN 4 yrs. Or it won't happen

[@Margaret-nl2pj]

MY GOD, BLESS OUR COUNTRY, 🙏✝️☮️🇺🇲

[@SumKnight-iw4rw]

Rand Paul makes a lot of sense. Wow! He’s a great teacher. This needs to be taught in high school and college. 😢

[@ChristinaOstil115]

Please save Social Security.

[@owlsahootn]

Anyone who pays into Social Security is entitled to their fair share!

[@PuppyNutter3]

Ss is not going anywhere, they just print more money, trim benefit and a ybpayouts will be meaningless

[@sherryscott8084]

Stop foreign aid until we pay our debt.

[@trishmeshell8521]

Yes. But I agree with Senator Rand Paul regarding compliance with human rights. Especially between Gaza & Israel…. Israel has the right to exist…It should be stated!

[@yeost187]

(SMH) As to why Paul, hasn't been given a seat with in the DOGE team yet? I don't know why. He's been bringing to light all the wasted government spending for years. Decades if you include his dads time of doing it.

[@nm3k511]

DOGE isn't a government program from what I heard, but would be interesting to see the potential the program may have.

DOGE is an unpaid, 80 hour per week non-government job. They only thing they can do is find unnecessary expenditures and advise the president on them.

[@liloleist5133]

*Thank you, Senator Rand Paul❤🙏*

[@mariamatildetavares3342]

How many USA politicians/elites,/lobbyists taken a cut off the top, like Biden ( Obama)

[@rickingraham136]

Brilliant man Great American

[@laurastauffer1275]

Stop giving to Ukraine

[@trishmeshell8521]

60 Billion dollars already and the democrats want more. Paris fashion shows & handbags…first responders in Ukraine!!! We have to budget to eat.

[@diannefurey7990]

And Egypt, Palestine and Israel. Make aid conditional!!

[@owlsahootn]

And other countries!

[@gailconlon9507]

INFLATION . STOP!!!STOP!!!!!🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸. ❤️🇺🇸. 🙏🇺🇸.🙏

[@Redwave2025-d9x]

It can’t stop now 😅

[@cindyisbell2650]

Just wait until all those tariffs are implemented, you haven’t seen anything yet!

[@carriegill132]

Besides being a Senator ,a good one at that,is also surgeon. Very smart man,,especially when it comes to informing the American ppl the truth.

[@waynecassels3607]

How can this country survive with this spending? We are literally doomed.

[@lydia-o4j1z]

Rand Paul is a HERO

[@OllyVirgil]

Dont pass it without a budget dont the constititution talk about congress setting a budget

[@BH-tp6hf]

General with Lobster tank… removing lobster tank out of office

[@morganfbilbo462]

DOGE needs Senator Ron Paul.

[@joewilson2258]

Any amendment or law or restriction to be voted on should be read completely by the house that had to vote on. These unread bills and laws or amendment are never be blindly voted on.

[@suzankephart8461]

December 15, 2024 US Debt Clock 221.7 TRILLION In unfunded liabilities

[@rickhughett6713]

Amazing that you guys can’t find a way to put the dollars into Social Security. How about all those funds 180,000,000,000 not go to war but to SS.

[@stalemateib3600]

Ah, yes, Rand Paul from back in January 2024. Still relevant, though.

[@sallys9294]

Why don’t you all vote on each individually, then, you won’t have to package these things. Yes you might even earn that raise you want. All of Congress needs to work!

[@twothreefour234]

We the people aren't squandering the money. We don't want most of the stuff they waste money on. Yet they still keep giving away borrowed money against our will.

[@JDSiga]

We should not be spending money on parties. Good grief. All we get where I work are donuts. We are just fine and happy.

[@PuppyNutter3]

Single purpose bills for starters, eliminating lobbying, pay freezes for the government, lowest tier benefits for government, term limits, easingvinto volunteer 2 year service. God knows these people are helping themselves enough to extra monies.

[@jasong9774]

Sen Paul has been fighting this for a long time. Now that it is becoming more fashionable, I see some folks saying he needs to join under Trump. That is an amazingly silly and counter-productive viewpoint. Rather, all parties should work for us and work together. The nuance here is important.

[@edwinstupka3645]

Unfortunately I am living on my security. I gave up trying to work and succeed when the IRS and DEA confiscated my entire working careers wealth due to my selling marijuana. Once released from 9 years in prison and now at 67 years old big government has won because I have given up going to work and trying ...out of time.

[@1david285]

Dr. Paul, please tell ALL your colleagues, dem and repub, never to extend the debt limit again, but to PAY OFF the debt, like Trump promised. Every time they want to raise the debt limit they talk about reducing spending in the future. This does not work, because the time to reduce spending is NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!!

[@338mag]

Why is it every time Rand Paul gives this speech ( which he does at least once a year) it is always to an empty house. No one is ever around? Crickets.

[@RonDoty-i7z]

“Our nation’s greatest threat comes from Congress.”

[@keithstubblefield9089]

Drain the swamp

[@markmoors1767]

Sick and tired of hearing politicians call social security an entitlement when it was our money paid during our years of working. We could have taken that money and paid it into our own private retirement program.

[@CraigCharley]

The Lord says for those who love hate will love gods wickedness to their hate. Destruction is coming with vengeance of hate to hate

[@silvias9735]

United States of America 🇺🇸 we have to keep praying for God’s wisdom, protection, we can’t keep with this waste this is our generation to come heritage we have to defend and defeat in the mighty name of Jesus Christ

[@trishmeshell8521]

Amen.

[@jbcosca]

US corporations and the rich find loopholes where they don't have to pay taxes... HOWEVER.. they are more than willing to LOAN the government money and to DONATE to NGOs that work in their favor. Watching how the next administration handles this issue. Also watching DOGE to investigate wasteful spending. Interesting times ahead.

[@suzankephart8461]

December 15, 2024 US Debt Clock 221.7 TRILlION In unfunded liabilities

[@Cj-qt2ls]

Just Elon and Vivek are WEFs and Elon has been mass producing his worker robots for 2025 to replace them what you think they will do with us useless eaters. And he has something going on with China and Russia and his starlink. Trust no one.

[@elouise5593]

The wealthiest 1% still pay 40% of the taxes. They also provide jobs. How much do you want them to pay, 100%?

[@tinabarnes1312]

They've put us on a credit card

[@caroleugeniagraham8634]

Thank you Dr Paul❤

[@trishmeshell8521]

Correction Senator Rand Paul my husband and I received two stimulus checks…..At tax time we were made to pay that back. Who’s getting all these checks, not everybody. Check blue states!

[@kourosh234]

use powerpoint senator. These paper billboards are very expensive to print. Use a laptop with a TV screen. Much easer and cheaper to handle

[@brendawilliams8062]

Thank you

[@trishmeshell8521]

Those dead people actually cash the checks every year!!!

[@trishmeshell8521]

Meanwhile in America our First Responders lost jobs over a vaccine, many lost pensions….Yet our American Congress supports more for Ukraine!! No sympathy from me for the most corrupt nation of Ukraine.

[@elouise5593]

Yep, so we need to go after the people who are illegally using that money.

[@1Trac1]

I'm listening. What can I do. WE NEED A LEADER, RAND.

[@ritamatthews2942]

Can you think what America would be like if all our government officials from top to bottom did not have qualified immunity and executive privilege and were held accountable for their crimes. It would be A WONDERFUL LIFE. PRAYING

[@jackiesmith2801]

IT'S DR. PAUL!

[@garylancaster3995]

It's by design.

[@Hands2HealNow]

PLEASE respect all the consideration of FARA registration...The fact that FBI manages to apply the law wrongly against political crirical thinking rather than charging agents promoting specific foreign issues.

[@darkmark-d4f]

it will be replaced with 10 programs that are worse than this.

[@trishmeshell8521]

Does the democrat gentleman speaking of McCarthy and Biden’s deal REALIZE that’s exactly WHY McCarthy was unseated!! Back room deals should never be allowed.

[@andyatmosphere]

DOGE!!!

[@Melody-l2n]

The things that they are trying to say in reference to Elon Musk makes zero sense. How can you put computer chips into people while at the same time campaigning free speech Shanon L Fowler / The Ancient Trapper

[@Cj-qt2ls]

He is a WEF we already got computer chips called quantum dots in the food water air and He is mass producing his worker robots for 2025 then what they going to do with us useless eaters. He also is good buddies with China and Russia. Red, Blue same club bring in the psycho agendas with a big population drop. What did guide stones say 500 million? That's a lot of people.

[@David-p9p1z]

Thankyou ...Rand Paul

[@donovangomez8114]

Thomas Jefferson warned us about this

[@skiphyatt3034]

It's easy spending others money. For every dumb thing they do should come out of their pay

[@Eric-dz1we]

I hope Rand Paul starts with Kentucky no perks 😅

[@MonarchAZ]

The really outrageous thing is Rand & Ron Paul have sounded these warnings for 40 years and nothing changes!

[@oraliaornelas5742]

America do the right thing give the wall back

[@oraliaornelas5742]

Everyone has failed us!!

[@owen_928]

Cut the military budget, we can’t afford it.

[@demaciasolos]

That’s not gonna happen.

[@Cj-qt2ls]

Cut Congress salary to minimum wage and must punch in to get paid for hours actually worked.

[@sherryscott8084]

Well they can’t tell us where all their money goes in an audit

[@elouise5593]

​@@Cj-qt2lsYou really think that's a good idea? We won't have anyone in congress if they cannot feed their families. Maybe if they were able to do it part time and then work a real job, that might work.

[@elouise5593]

We still need a strong military, to keep China and Russia from invading.

[@adelegower834]

JANUARY 20!!!!!!!!! UGH......get them out....evil only.....sick and sad

[@roxanneh8477]

Go to all cash.

[@Gma02.]

The American people working their butts off to support these people

[@sarahorr2575]

Absolutely ludicrous

[@eileenparslow2060]

Rand Paul has his head squarely on his shoulders. He totally makes sense

[@rickhughett6713]

Yes, all of the politicians are doing it. How about DOGE fixing what you guys cannot. I agree with you Senator but I’am sure that have pet projects as well.

[@Hearmeout222]

I love how the American people are waking up and everything is being put on display for us to understand like never before! We need a change!

[@BarbaraGraves-wd2eb]

Wish Utah would get rid of him.

[@alphax7773]

Vote them all out

[@douglassawyer794]

Conditions on foreign aid should be deliberated REDUCTION!