Senator Rand Paul

Then there's the whole government subsidy part.

But the reason you can't just give everybody money is we don't have the money to give to them.

We have to borrow it from China.

That leads to inflation.

And poor people think they're getting something free on one hand, but on the other hand, it's in their pocket, stealing their paycheck with inflation.

I would say a lot of people are at fault for devolving this debate down to maybe a third-grade level and not really thinking it through.

The vote isn't on shutting government down or keeping government open.

The vote is on what level of spending can you tolerate, what level of debt can you tolerate, and I think there can be valid reasons.

Now, the reason why I think the Democrats are less valid at this point

are because 48 of them voted or 47 of them voted in December of last year for the identical bill.

See, we're still living under the Biden spending levels.

That's why I'm opposed to it.

I voted against the Biden spending levels when they came from Democrats and when they're coming from Republicans.

But these Democrats voted for the identical bill in December of 24.

They're faced with the exact same vote now and they've changed.

Why?

Because they've moved the goalposts.

This whole idea of Obamacare subsidies has never been a part of the continuing resolution debate.

It's something the Democrats put forward is expiring because the Democrats allowed it to expire in their own legislation.

So there's a bit of disingenuousness on their part.