155 responses to “Ron Paul and Barney Frank: Cut Military Spending!”

  1. Gu77ed

    Ok, can someone explain something to me?
    I am looking for comments from Ron about why he voted against cutting off funding for the Libyan debacle.
    He and Bachmann both voted nay on H R 2278 “To limit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for United States Armed Forces in support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law”
    which puts them among such lovely Americans as Pelosi, Rangel and Waxman…

    What is the reasoning for someone (RP) who wants to withdraw from every where as a good way to save money, essentially give Obama the ability to keep waging an illegal war?

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    1. Gu77ed

      I have figured it out:

      The bill did not cut funding, it provides limited funding, which is a implicit endorsement of Obama for a “limited funding” war. If it had passed, the House would have no legal remedies in the future as they “endorsed him” with limited funding.
      It is complicated, but very devious by whoever wrote the bill…
      And kudos to Ron Paul for sidestepping this landmine!

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  2. David

    Sounds to me we have a couple of guys that know what the hells going on and have some good ideas, lets hope the slackers and those seeking the limelight dont get in there and muck it all up. You guys go and get it, I’m with youse

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  3. observant citizen

    We have about 18 million people out of work in the united states, yet we continue this insane global policy to rebuild nations with trillions of dollars that is making us a debtor country. The only solution is to stop and first rebuild our nation, provide jobs (goverment at first) and lower corporate taxes for a substain real growth within 5 years. There must be concentrated effort to raise taxes on corporations that outsource employment and manufacturing to bring back jobs to the USA. We need to share the wealth in the USA, that is setup taxation that would prevent CEO’s getting 100 million dollar salaries and force corporations to invest in R&D and employment. Also, a concerted effort to reduce to deficit as we did under Clinton would bring back prosperity to the USA.

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  4. SG875

    The problem is that we can’t afford nation building. We can’t afford our domestic programs and our military operations let alone spend billions (if not trillions) to prop up failing governments around the world. This is not even taking in to consideration whether or not nation building is even effective or not. Throughout the years the US has spent disgusting amounts of money trying to give the world democracy and it always fails. You have to acknowledge the fact that many cultures around the world are not compatible with democracy and economic liberalism.

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  5. GOPforever8374

    Ron Paul and most liberals are just totally ignorant of foreign policy. They don’t hate us because we occupy their countries. They hate us because we support the state of israel. If we didn’t occupy a single country, they’d attack us for supporting Israel, just like they attack our European allies for it. They want Americans dead, and they need to be defeated. Let our military – the strongest the world has ever known – do its job and eliminate our enemies.

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    1. SG875

      OR… how about not occupying countries and not supporting Israel. Israel is plenty strong and can fight it’s own battles. We usually get in Israel’s way anyway.

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  6. Chad9976

    Get us out of every country unless they ask for us to be there and will pay for us to be there!

    Our foreign policy is simply glorified imperialism.

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  7. Jordan Nemer

    After we end all the foreign aid and we stop all millitary bases outside of the usa but idk about guantanamo bay but with all that money we save should be used for like Securing our Border!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Have a real national security strategy!!

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  8. Fike2308

    RON PAUL :)

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  9. eeddjj11

    Opposite ends of the political spectrum? We need to stop seeing it as a line because it is more complex than that.

    We need to improve our country to the point that Liberals and Libertarians will stop agreeing on the most important changes required in our government. In other words, stop throwing money and our military strength away on Afghanistan and Iraq. The future of our country depends on keeping it strong.

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  10. kestainbrook

    Barney Frank wants to bring our troops home from everywhere EXCEPT Afghanistan?? I’m sorry but it has to be an all or nothing deal. He’s only saying stay in Afghanistan because his buddy Obama is escalating the fighting there, and Frank doesn’t want to defy him.

    Ron Paul 2012!

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  11. kestainbrook

    I am Campaign for Liberty.

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  12. asborisov1

    says bailout barney aka war monger

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  13. DaveDeShrubber

    Do Congressmen Paul and Frank have the courage to question the American military presence in Saudi Arabia? Are there any journalists with the courage to ask the Congressmen about it?

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    1. Machine

      DaveDeShrubber
      Good question. You should e mail their offical wedsite

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  14. archerzen

    I agree with Paul and Frank on reducing military spending. But what I don’t understand is why Paul would want to associate himself with Frank. Frank had a long relationship with a male hooker and even ran a bisexual prostitution ring out of him apartment.

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    1. Machine

      archerzen,
      He probable pees sitting down too!

      Whats more important: getting together to try and resolve the issues at hand, or being so concerned about a persons sexuality and personal life in general…If the latter is what matters nothing will get done in Washington.

      Do you really think Dr. Paul doesn’t have skelletons in his closet? OMG! did I just suggest R.P. may be human!?!?

      If you don’t care for Frank because of his political ideals, that’s one thing, but his dirty laundry isn’t of public concern. Really.

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  15. mart83648

    Awe–its so nice to see the mentally challenged man trying to be serious! It’s so cute!

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  16. xantipathebest

    Barney Fran a congressman:) What a joke!
    That voice! Loud monster, yak! Fascist!
    .
    Rom Paul… what a smart, wonderful, decent soft spoken man!

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  17. otakudojo

    Get rid of ALL the neocons and Proggressives. Im sick of these Facists/Commies

    Ron Paul gives me hope. We need more like him!

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  18. sparshparimoo

    Is Barney trying to start a democratic tea party movement?

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  19. ndfootballch

    Ron is so courteous — he would never interrupt Barney like that!

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  20. Mechanized0

    Social security, Prescription drug benefit program & Medicare’s unfunded liabilities comprise an astounding $109 trillion dollars. This is completely unpayable regardless of party affiliation.

    http://www.usdebtclock.org/

    Our foreign policy expenses, including “off-budget” expenditures total $1 trillion annually. However, having stated this, the first area to cut is foreign policy, preferably by 90%. Imperialism is pointless and ultimately self destructive.

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  21. MrSleeps

    i’m glad to see somone is going to try to cut military spending its fckin insane how much it costs us to run our military right now, but barney frank is a piece. RON PAUL 2012

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  22. john5246

    The debt is too high, younger people like me know we can’t pay it and won’t. The only solution is to give our debt holders like China something…

    I say give them Alaska along with Sarah Palin and we call it even

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  23. Machine

    Yes I can understand why so many people on this site question, and slam Barney Frank, and yes I too get a kick out of his lisp, but, and it is a BIG but, I don’t find either of them wrong for teaming up and trying to get congress to cut back spending on military, and shut down bases in countries that have long been stable on their own, and work to increase defense here at home.

    Yes BF originally voted for sending troops to Iraq, and he does not elude deny that, however he is very aware that our continued pressence in places that are stable is just an unnecessary expense to the tax payer. That is progress and worth supporting.
    Do I want him as my president…only if he is willing to Up hold the U.S. Constitution, work to end the Federal Reserve, Remove the Federal Government from the pockets and homes of the American People, and realize that our Government excists by the people, of the people, and for the people…Not just his party.

    Ron Paul 2012

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  24. 123gwf

    Precisely because what Frank and Paul said made perfect sense, and would be a great idea — our government will never do it. It would be too logical.

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  25. dgbark2

    I only like this because Ron Paul is in it. How obnoxious and rude is Barney Frank: using bad analogues, and interrupting Paul in the middle of his last comment. Ron Paul Rocks.

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  26. TheStrazy

    It is sad to think that we will never see a dime of that 1 trillion dollars go to pay off the debt, There will always be a special interest group or pork barrel project that they will use it for. They proved this the other day on CSPAN where they tried to overrule the TARP rule against useing the funds for other purposes after being paid back and not paying down the debt.

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  27. nvsyru

    Great interview!

    What many don’t understand is that the situation if Afghanistan is a part of what is titled as “The Great Game” – Google it.

    The Taliban, formerly the Mujahideen, was supported and then honored in 1982 by Ronald Reagan as they resisted the Soviet Union (Ally of the U.S. and Britain during WW-II).

    Current efforts to aid in establishing British control of the region to ultimately protect India – “The jewel in the crown” of the British Empire, are way too costly and difficult!

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  28. brown55061

    At least the fat kids are getting along with the liberterians on the playground. This is a positive step forward. Even democrats and neocons are starting to realize, if they want to keep their jobs going forward they need to make budget cuts. I hate blitzer. He always manages to change the subject and divert attention from the meat & potatoes of the topic. Moron shills.

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  29. Libertarian777

    Barney Frank’s an idiot.

    The ‘financial reform’ bill that just passed (Frank is on the house financial services committee) does NOTHING to resolve the systemic risk that existed prior to the crises.

    The ‘too big to fail’ banks?

    They’re BIGGER now.

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  30. WarDogLRS

    It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson

    Take some time to appreciate the unfathomable cruelty of this pattern. You may be grievously harmed and even permanently damaged by the actions of those who hold unanswerable power.

    Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.-Thomas Jefferson

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  31. lushfauna

    Ron Paul makes sushi out of anyone he debates

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  32. oblivionjax

    Ron Paul is trying really hard to understand what the hell Barney Frank is saying.

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  33. oblivionjax

    Barney Frank is awful. Ron Paul is everything we need. But hey, this still makes me happy.

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  34. krashteste

    Sheesh. Do we really need Elmer Fudd here to align himself with Ron Paul?

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  35. mbhopp

    Ron Paul…he never changes no matter who’s the majority in DC.
    The most honest man there is!

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  36. KUS25

    how about stop sending aid to israel annually? that alone can save america for good.

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  37. jim

    When of these men is a wise, thoughtful man of principle. One of these guys is just a barney riding another man’s coat tails for political points while voting with the establishment.

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  38. pdelacruz1

    barney will stab ron paul in the back like he did on audit the fed

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  39. SeattleBeaver

    I had to skip through the highly repulsive bits to hear RP.

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  40. danieljval

    you will win this argument everyday in my book!!!

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  41. Bottomline

    I’m shocked that Barney Frank agrees with us on this issue, even though he is so on the wrong track with other issues! Dr. Paul is showing his true leadership and values once again! You go R.P.!

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  42. SG875

    I’m no fan of Barney Frank, but come on guys, good cooperation in support of sound policy that most of us support is just plain good. Sure, Barney Frank is a career politician and he wants to spend the saved money on ridiculous social programs that none of us agree with, but at least he supports the idea of saving that money in the first place. What is done with the money is a whole other debate that we will hopefully win, but Ron Paul can’t do it alone or with a Republican Party of which 66% of it’s members want our American Empire to remain. We need everyone we can get.

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  43. johnmoore4

    Frank is painful to listen to. Such a horrid record as a Congressman. I only tune in to listen to Ron Paul. GOP should also listen, but no it will remain neoconservative.

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  44. HereticHulk

    Kudos to these two, but nothing is going to change until America’s inevitable collapse.

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  45. ceasey0xoogurl

    @MaurDL He’s only pretending to follow RP’s principles; remember, he’s a corporate Democrat from MASS, who needs to keep his job in November. Remember how Republican Scott Brown from MASS “stole” Kennedy’s seat in the Senate. He is shaking in his boots and is abandoning all the ways he normally would talk to keep his position well with what us Americans are thinking.

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  46. renegade2142

    @elistangbanger83 Could you imagine that? If he was president, the war(s) would be over tomorrow! As Commander in Chief, he just order them to go home. He can also declare the war on drugs to be over, Richard Nixon began the DEA with an executive order, so Ron Paul could get rid of it with one! His veto pen would probably run out of ink on a regular basis though. ;)

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  47. renegade2142

    @TheHardMoneyMan As am I, and anyone else who believes in peace and personal freedom.

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  48. imgdumpprep

    @7Hook yes, i am worried about this. RP is too soft when it comes to compromising with crooks like BF.

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  49. Neavris

    strategic what?

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  50. RisenPhoenix68

    Blub blub blub we continue to thubthidise wethtern europe — this is the same moron that was SCREAMING that there was NOTHING wrong with the HOUSING INDUSTRY just before it TANKED!

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