He began with a defense of the government shutdown in 2013, pointing
out that many Americans in “fly-over country” didn’t really care, and only a
third of government was shut down at the time.
Paul blamed Obama for shutting down national parks and
national monuments to raise public concern, praising World War II veterans for
ignoring the barriers placed in front of their monument in Washington D.C.
“I tell people who
don’t understand America, don’t understand that we need to shut the damn thing
down, I tell people the image you need to remember is when the World War II
veterans got off their bus, took their wire cutters, cut the barricades, and
threw them on the lawn,” he said.
Paul and his wife Kelly attended the annual gala, seated at
the same table as David Koch, one of the two billionaire brothers who serve as
philanthropists for conservative ideas.
After highlighting more incidents of mismanaged government
spending, Paul pointed out that leaders in Washington D.C. can not be trusted
to properly run the country.
“Everything in Washington is broken, nothing works here,” he
said. “We can’t run the post office, we are not to be trusted with money.
Congress is not good with money, we shouldn’t be trusted with almost any
responsibility up here. Most of government should be shut down and devolved and
sent back to the states.”
Paul criticized Obama for his “usurpation of power” pointing
to a “collapse” of the separation of powers and the checks and balances
enshrined by the Constitution.
“The Constitution isn’t about restraining you, it’s about
restraining government,” he said as the crowd applauded.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/12/rand-paul-on-the-federal-government-shut-the-damn-thing-down/
Source:http://www.teaparty.org/rand-paul-federal-government-shut-damn-thing-83161/
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