tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7257237202335045339..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rand Paul: Don't Start Foreign Aid Cuts with IsraelRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22332748488327883672012-12-27T09:38:27.571-05:002012-12-27T09:38:27.571-05:00All foreign aid must be eliminated, not just cut. ...All foreign aid must be eliminated, not just cut. The US tax dollars (stolen) are given as foreign aid to Israel who in turn uses it to lobby the US for more foreign aid. Welfare works the same way. Recipients simply reelect legislators to extend more benefits. Don't get me started on unions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16332984341802488192012-12-27T07:10:43.693-05:002012-12-27T07:10:43.693-05:00If I were Ron Paul I would simply tell Rand that I...If I were Ron Paul I would simply tell Rand that I refuse to have anything to do with him if he continues down the statist road he's been on. Yes he's his son but he's actively involved in killing other people's sons and daughters, fathers and mothers and I bet that if Ron weren't so damn passive Rand wouldn't feel as comfortable acting in this way. He'd be more Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579799109070553474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20854626491450948962012-12-24T18:09:13.563-05:002012-12-24T18:09:13.563-05:00Why doesn't Rand be honest for change and admi...Why doesn't Rand be honest for change and admit here that he is afraid of AIPAC? Israel by far is the US's largest foreign aid recipient and, among other things, Israel commits a lot of espionage against the US and it also doesn't seem to be listening much to us regarding settlement building. Then, outside the US, Israel is of course widely viewed as a pariah nation, practicing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153766510906010466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27280733037573322662012-12-24T13:58:02.744-05:002012-12-24T13:58:02.744-05:00Rand Paul would never consider calling for an end ...Rand Paul would never <i>consider</i> calling for an end to aid to Israel, and he likely never has. This, after all, is the man who was dutifully kissing Lobby fundament and cooing about the "special relationship" before he had even won the primary. See, for instance:<br /><br />http://spectator.org/blog/2010/04/22/rand-paul-and-israel<br /><br />When viewed in light of the above, SenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43251442654052698062012-12-24T12:58:25.009-05:002012-12-24T12:58:25.009-05:00Another mealy-mouthed, unprincipled gutless wonder...Another mealy-mouthed, unprincipled gutless wonder politician. Oh, well. No one's perfect, I suppose. Scott Lazarowitzhttp://reasonandjest.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68904564965391379492012-12-24T11:47:16.708-05:002012-12-24T11:47:16.708-05:00"Paul said that foreign aid cuts “should star..."Paul said that foreign aid cuts “should start with countries who have not been good allies."<br /><br />Translation: Someone who will not bow to the Imperial City. Hypocritical bastard.Mikehttp://antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-92036924700809115422012-12-24T11:36:14.197-05:002012-12-24T11:36:14.197-05:00"Good allies" in what?
In illegal wars?
..."Good allies" in what?<br />In illegal wars?<br /><br />Also, why not simply cut foreign aid across the board immediately?<br /><br />Apparently, in Rand Paul's logic cutting foreign aid isn't about cutting spending PERIOD, but about rewarding or punishing countries. <br /><br />This guy is so transparent it's not even funny.Tonynoreply@blogger.com