At least there were 6 Senators who were wise enough to vote against this travesty. I’m not a fan of Rand Paul (mostly because he is kin to Ron Paul) but I’m with him on the foolishness of this bill.
Source: ZeroHedge
Senator Rand Paul slammed Republicans Monday for voting in favour of a huge $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, saying that they are no better than the Democrats they routinely label as ‘socialists’.
“To so-called conservatives who are quick to identify the socialism of Democrats: If you vote for this spending monstrosity, you are no better,”
Rand Paul
The Democrat controlled House, as well as the Senate passed the legislation, also tacking on a $1.4 trillion spending bill, prompting Paul to criticise the move as the government giving away “free money”.
- “When you vote to pass out free money, you lose your soul and you abandon forever any semblance of moral or fiscal integrity,” Paul urged.
- “If free money was the answer… if money really did grow on trees, why not give more free money?” Paul said.
- “Why not give it out all the time? Why stop at $600 a person? Why not $1,000? Why not $2,000?
- Maybe these new Free-Money Republicans should join the Everybody-Gets-A-Guaranteed-Income Caucus?
- Why not $20,000 a year for everybody, why not $30,000?
- If we can print out money with impunity, why not do it?” the Senator proclaimed.
In addition to Paul, only five other Republicans voted against the legislation:
Senator Ted Cruz tweeted that there was no time to even read the bill, ironically agreeing with extreme leftist Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:
Paul also noted that it would have been impossible for anyone to have read the bill:
Paul vowed to continue to ‘sound the alarm’ over excessive spending:
You’re No Better Than Socialist Dems – Rand Paul Slams COVID Bill
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