Rand Paul : I Say To ALL Americans Enough is ENOUGH! We're NOT Gonna Take It Anymore!

We can neither feed the poor, house the homeless nor save American homes in foreclosure, but we sure as hell can fund endless wars. Put both the house and the senate in prison for the crime of unAmerican activities and willful aiding our enemies.

Rand Paul Speaks At The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention 7/22/13

Rand Paul (R-Ky.) spoke at the 114th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Kentucky Republican, who has not been shy in hinting he may run for president in 2016, has been a critic of overseas military adventurism that partly defined President George W. Bush's two terms in office, as well as the use of drone strikes under both Mr. Bush's administration and that of President Obama.

"America has never backed down from a fight, but we should never be one that is eager to get involved in civil wars that don't affect our national security," he said. "Is our involvement in Egypt, Syria and Pakistan to our benefit or our detriment? We must have the strongest military on Earth — not because we are eager to use it, but so that no one would ever dare challenge us."

Mr. Paul went on to quote President Reagan's first inaugural address: "Our forbearance...should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. We will maintain sufficient strength to prevail if need be, knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength."

For the country's sake and for veterans' sake, Mr. Paul said, "America's mission should always be to keep the peace, not to police the world."

Rand Paul: Obama Will Bail Out Detroit 'Over My Dead Body'

Sen. Rand Paul said he will use every resource he has at his disposal to stop President Barack Obama from bailing out newly-bankrupt Detroit because he believes the city can and must save itself and learn from its fiscal mistakes. "I basically say he [Obama] is bailing them out over my dead body because we don't have any money in Washington."

"There's some good things that come out of bankruptcy," Paul said in a phone interview from Iowa. "One is you get to start over. Bankruptcy lets you be forgiven of your debt. And you do so by getting new management, better management, and by getting rid of unwieldy contracts, contracts that give you where public employees are getting paid twice what private employees are and things come back more to normal. That's the way cities and businesses can recover.

"I basically say he [Obama] is bailing them out over my dead body because we don't have any money in Washington."

RAND PAUL On The Issues: Foreign Aid

Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky on foreign aid.


Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) urged that the United States bring its troops home from a costly war in Afghanistan, cut foreign aid especially to potentially hostile countries like Egypt, and take serious steps towards reforming entitlements and the tax code. He also said that, like his father Ron, he believes he can appeal to the youth vote and help make the GOP competitive in "blue and purple states."