Rand Paul

It's crowding everything out.

What if we spend 1% less next year on welfare?

And I'll tell my party they have to spend 1% less on military.

If you do that across the board, you'd have to include the mandatory programs.

you can balance your budget gradually over a five-year period.

And I've called this the penny plan.

And I think it's a compromise because instead of what conservatives have typically done is they've said, it's Sesame Street.

If we can get rid of public TV and Sesame Street, we'll show those liberals and we'll balance the budget.

Well, it's not enough money, and I'm not against doing it.

I voted to reduce the money.

But there are some people on the left who live and die by public TV, and they think it's the greatest thing, and it's an offense to them.

So rather than cut 100% of it, let's cut the – and you can balance the budget right now.

If you cut 6% of the military, 6% of Sesame Street, 6% of everything everybody wants –

And I think you could actually do it.

And I try this message out sometime.

Everybody that comes to Washington wants money.

And there are usually things that you can have sympathy for.

So one week they come and they wear the purple ribbons, and it's for Alzheimer's disease.

Well, I have family members who have Alzheimer's.

I have a great deal of sympathy.