President Trump was happy to finally get long-term budget legislation on his desk to sign, but not everyone on the Republican side of the aisle was rejoicing.
One of the loudest and most prominent voices against the budget was Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).
When Does the Spending Stop?
Conservatives are supposed to be fiscally responsible.
That is something that has not been true in this country for quite some time, though.
While I will be the first to admit certain areas of this country have been neglected and need a financial boost, such as our military and infrastructure, we simply cannot continue to spend as we have in the past and continue to rack up national debt.
The budget that was proposed for 2020 were $750 billion for defense spending and $567 billion for non-defense spending, or $1.317 trillion.
The budget that was passed for 2020 is for $738 billion in defense spending and $632 in non-defense spending, or $1.37 trillion.
The debt ceiling has been suspended until mid-2021.
Additionally, the new budget is expected to add roughly $1.7 trillion to the deficit.
Dems were happy with the deal and most Republicans supported it because Trump and McConnell encouraged them to sign it, however, it just adds more to the hole this country has been trying to dig itself out of for almost two decades.
One of Trump’s selling points during the 2016 election was that he was going to get this under control and start to make headway on the deficit.
Since he has been in office, the deficit has gone from roughly $19.57 trillion to roughly $22 trillion.
This was a point that was not lost on Senator Rand Paul.
Senator Paul stated, “Both parties have deserted – have absolutely and utterly deserted – America and show no care and no understanding and no sympathy for the burden of debt they are leaving the taxpayers, the young, the next generation, and the future of our country.”
He further stated this budget “marks the death of the Tea Party movement in America.”
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) stated this budget “continues our deficit spending without much of an effort, if any, to try to save money.”
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was also a no-vote on the budget.
Rubio stated, “Ultimately we should have dealt with the debt limit and we should have dealt with the spending caps.”
In all, there were 23 GOP Senators that opposed the bill and five Democrats that also voted no.
Something else that was rather interesting is the fact that every Democrat presidential candidate in the Senate refrained from voting.
That is a sure sign the Dems will use the overspending as part of their attack against Trump in the upcoming election.
Source: The Hill
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