Rand Paul

The debt is the problem of both parties and the spending is both parties.

And there is a compromise.

I tell people it's a dirty little deal that's going on right in front of your nose.

The right, Lindsey Graham and the Warhawks, want more military money.

The left, Chris Murphy and Booker, they want more welfare.

What's the compromise?

You scratch my back, I'll scratch you.

I'll let you have your military money if you let me have the welfare money.

So the compromise of the last 50 years is they've both grown enormously.

But the budget we vote on is only one-third of the spending.

Two-thirds of the spending is mandatory spending that's just on autopilot.

We never vote on it.

The one-third that we vote on is about $2 trillion.

That's what the deficit is.

So when I vote for spending and I vote against most of it, almost all of that is borrowed.

What would be the compromise that would fix it?

The reverse.

I would go to the left, my buddy Ron Wyden, who I am good friends with, and I would say, look,

We're out of money.

The interest is killing us.