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Bayard

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January 31, 2023

LOL or get pissed--Your choice about Rand Paul's email

I do both when I get these!
And, I yell at my computer.....

Before anybody alerts on me spreading rethuglican propaganda, this is meant for educational purposes as to what these idiots are telling their constituents.



Dear Friend,
You can find my latest update below!
Dr. Rand Paul Returns Over $6.5 Million to U.S. Taxpayers

It’s easy to picture Washington’s out-of-control spending as a massive, untamable beast. But I’m determined to show change is possible by starting in the area under my control, while working everywhere else I can to stop ‘business as usual.’

On Friday, I announced that my office and I have returned over $6.5 million to the taxpayers since I took office in January 2011.

My office has achieved these savings by doing more with less.

This past year, my staff and I have assisted thousands of Kentuckians with casework all across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, fielding over 13,000 calls and over 14,000 letters, emails, and faxes to Kentuckians in need of assistance. Our team has also assisted Kentuckians in obtaining approximately $14.9 million in federal dollars from federal agencies.

We were among the first on the ground and have continued to assist local and state officials in the aftermath of the western Kentucky tornadoes and the eastern Kentucky floods. We have also traveled and met with Kentuckians in all 120 counties over this past year.

In Washington, D.C., my staff and I continue working for all Kentuckians and taxpayers by fighting for commonsense, fiscally conservative solutions to bureaucratic problems and waste. I’ve led the way for reform by introducing a five-year balanced budget, and shining a spotlight on reckless federal spending. My staff and I continue to defend the liberties and rights of every American, and are committed to doing so while also preserving your tax dollars.

When I ran for office, I promised Kentuckians I would stand for smaller, more efficient government, balanced budgets, and spending restraint. I’m proud my staff and I have kept that pledge while operating one of the most active federal offices.

Dr. Rand Paul Calls for Budget Reform that Reduces Spending and Brings Fiscal Sanity Back to Washington

Our nation's economy is a disaster. Our country owes $31 trillion, a level of debt that now well exceeds the size of our economy. Inflation is making life more expensive for Kentucky families every single day.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration and Washington Democrats are directing federal agencies to continue to spend billions in taxpayer money to expand the size and scope of the IRS to go after families and small businesses, police the speech of Americans on social media, fund equity programs in the military, and pour money into programs for the COVID-19 pandemic that the Biden administration has declared over.

Americans are keenly aware that their government is not only failing to work for them - but actively working against them.

Last week, I joined a group of likeminded, fiscally conservative Senators at a press conference where we voiced our opposition to a debt-limit increase without budget reforms that actually enforce the budget and spending rules on the books, and that manage out-of-control government policies.

President Biden needs to know that he absolutely will negotiate with Republicans, and it's better to start now rather than in a few months. Both parties need to come to the table and find ways to reduce spending and prioritize the nation’s needs just like every American is having to do right now with their own budgets.

Democrats would have to give up the sacred cow that they will never touch a dollar in welfare. And Republicans would have to give up the sacred cow that they will never touch a dollar in military. When you make the cuts across the board, they aren’t as big as you think.

We have an opportunity to get this done but it’s going to take compromise from everyone.

Let’s not spend and max out our country’s credit card like an irresponsible teenager, let’s get this right and be responsible for once.

You can watch my remarks from the press conference I hosted with Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Rick Scott (R-UT) HERE and read more about our efforts HERE.

Dr. Rand Paul Continues to Stand with Armed Forces, Joins Effort to Reinstate Service Members Fired Over COVID-19 Vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate has ruined the livelihoods of men and women who have honorably served our country. This inept bureaucratic policy should have never been imposed, and while it has since been rolled back, we still have service members who have not been rehired, promoted, or received back pay and benefits.

Recently, I joined a group of my fellow Senators in introducing the AMERICANS Act that will address those issues and others that the Biden administration has failed to consider at the expense of service members’ lives and our nation’s national security interests.



There's much more, but I don't want to cause any strokes..... My reply to him was--Tell the truth, RAND! 25% of that $31 trillion debt you reference is from trump's tax cuts to the wealthy.






January 24, 2023

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