RAND PAUL: ‘I CANNOT VOTE TO ADD MORE TO THE ALREADY MASSIVE $20 TRILLION DEBT’

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Senator Rand Paul said Tuesday that he cannot vote to add more to the national debt. The lawmaker wrote in a post on Twitter that ‘I promised Kentucky to vote against reckless, deficit spending and I will do just that.’
Rand Paul may be one of the few fiscally conservative Republicans in politics today. Paul’s tweet didn’t suggest he would oppose the GOP tax bill due to deficit concerns.
I cannot in good conscience vote to add more to the already massive $20 trillion debt. I promised Kentucky to vote against reckless, deficit spending and I will do just that. pic.twitter.com/BUYqm91mli
– Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 12, 2017
The lawmaker clarified in a follow-up tweet that tax cuts ‘are never the problem.’

This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on DECEMBER 12, 2017.