Rand Paul
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And so I had a Democrat senator who I can talk to.
We're walking down the hall.
He says, that sounds reasonable, but I don't want to reduce the dollars.
So what you're saying is the compromise is probably Democrats are never going to vote to reduce the dollars.
We should, but we won't get it.
But even when we got push came to shove, his staff piped up and they said, oh, I thought you were a libertarian.
I thought you were for choice.
And I said, I am with your money.
I mean, the taxpayer money.
We don't let you buy alcohol.
I think it's arguable that sugar drinks are as bad as buying alcohol.
Well, if you want to go to Whole Foods and buy things there, it is more expensive to buy all the fresh fruits and things.
But there is a lot of things that you can buy that really, frankly, aren't, you know, a head of lettuce is not that expensive.
Beans aren't that expensive, and they're healthier for you than most of the things we eat.
But really, the thing isβ You got to teach people how to cook now?