Rand Paul can't help being a $h!thead

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rand Paul says veteran toxic exposure bill ‘puts our economy at risk’

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) railed against the economic impact of a veteran toxic exposure bill on the Senate floor on Tuesday, shortly before the chamber voted down his amendment to help offset the cost by reducing foreign aid.

“This bill puts our economy, though, at risk by creating presumptions of service connection for the most common ailments,” Paul said of the $278 billion bill, which would expand benefits for veterans who are suffering illnesses due to toxic exposures.

He noted the substantial number of Americans who have conditions such as hypertension and asthma, which are both included in the bill, arguing the expanded coverage would lead to taxpayer dollars being used to treat veterans whose diagnoses were unrelated to their service.

“This bill would cost hundreds of billions of dollars at a time when the national debt is climbing over $30 trillion and inflation is at a 40-year high,” he said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3585118-rand-paul-says-veteran-toxic-exposure-bill-puts-our-economy-at-risk/

But tax cuts for billionaires are no big fucking deal for Rand.

[Ocelot II]

1. Every day I acquire more insight into why his neighbor whupped his ass.

[brush]

5. And I enjoy hearing about it everytime, as you put it...

"...why his neighbor whupped his ass.

[skylucy]

2. What an asshole.

[kentuck]

3. He accused his opponent of "playing politics"

because he took food and supplies to the flood victims down in Eastern Kentucky!

Naturally, he saw no need to go down there himself.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Kentuckians have the opportunity to send Random Piles home.

I don't count on my neighbors being smart enough to do so, though.

[Brainfodder]

6. Cover the veterans.

Thank you very much.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Rand Paul is an asshole

[NJCher]

8. He was born a jerk

Lived his life like a jerk,

And will some day die like a jerk.

[Justice]

9. Can we put Paul next to a burn pit?

[DET]

10. Uh huh...

Didn’t we hear this same argument re Vietnam vets and Agent Orange?

[In It to Win It]

11. It's his natural scent

[pansypoo53219]

12. did he vote for the moron's tax cuts? those are never offset.......

[Emile]

13. He keeps this shit up he might even get the attention

of his willfully ignorant voters.

[TheFarseer]

14. He gets off on being a contrarian

Especially if he can soapbox about being a rugged individual or pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.