sailingaway
06-09-2011, 05:11 PM
well, of course he does.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/06/ron-paul-joins-house-lawmakers-in-push-for-military-spending-cuts.html
in part:
Presidential candidate and Tea Party Godfather Rep. Ron Paul is among a group of six Members of the House of Representatives that released a letter Thursday calling for a reduction in U.S. military spending by scaling back U.S. military commitments and reconfiguring the country’s military posture abroad.
Although bipartisan negotiations on deficit reduction between Vice President Biden and a group bicameral legislators continue, Paul, who announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President May 13, says that Congress “cannot be serious about reining in federal government spending if we take the military budget off the table.”
“We must focus our resources on defending the United States rather than on building and maintaining an unsustainable trillion dollar empire overseas,” Paul, R-Texas, said.
The letter highlights the lawmakers’ agreement that deficit reduction cannot be successfully accomplished without significant reductions in military spending, and states that “this requires a reevaluation of the mismatch between our current national security structure and overseas commitments, and the genuine security needs of the American People.”
“The role of America as the worldwide first responder was a necessary one sixty years ago,” the letter reads. “Today, our allies can – and should – bear the primary burden of defending their own nations and interests.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/06/ron-paul-joins-house-lawmakers-in-push-for-military-spending-cuts.html
in part:
Presidential candidate and Tea Party Godfather Rep. Ron Paul is among a group of six Members of the House of Representatives that released a letter Thursday calling for a reduction in U.S. military spending by scaling back U.S. military commitments and reconfiguring the country’s military posture abroad.
Although bipartisan negotiations on deficit reduction between Vice President Biden and a group bicameral legislators continue, Paul, who announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President May 13, says that Congress “cannot be serious about reining in federal government spending if we take the military budget off the table.”
“We must focus our resources on defending the United States rather than on building and maintaining an unsustainable trillion dollar empire overseas,” Paul, R-Texas, said.
The letter highlights the lawmakers’ agreement that deficit reduction cannot be successfully accomplished without significant reductions in military spending, and states that “this requires a reevaluation of the mismatch between our current national security structure and overseas commitments, and the genuine security needs of the American People.”
“The role of America as the worldwide first responder was a necessary one sixty years ago,” the letter reads. “Today, our allies can – and should – bear the primary burden of defending their own nations and interests.”