WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO TO WALL
STREET.
THANK YOU.
CHECK OUT THIS HEADLINE FROM THE
"WALL STREET JOURNAL."
LET CONGRESS DEBATE SPENDING
AGAIN.
THAT PIECE WAS WRITTEN BY
REPUBLICAN SENATOR BILL CASSIDY
OF LOUISIANA AFTER CONGRESS
PASSED A $1.4 TRILLION SPENDING
BILL WITH BASICALLY WITHOUT ANY
DEBATE.
LET'S BRING IN FORMER TEXAS
CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL.
CONGRESSMAN, I'VE GOT TO IMAGINE
YOU CAN'T BE HAPPY ABOUT ALL OF
THIS SPENDING.
>> NO, HARDLY.
BUT I THINK IT'S THE SAME OLD
TRICK THEY HAVE BEEN PULLING FOR
A LONG TIME.
IT SORT OF FITS INTO MY
PHILOSOPHY AND MY BELIEF IS THAT
EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT NOT
ENOUGH BIPARTISANSHIP.
I'VE ALWAYS ARGUED THERE'S TOO
MUCH.
JUST THINK, THEY SUSPENDED THE
RULES, PASSED THIS BILL, THE
DEMOCRATS GOT ALL THEY WANTED
AND THE REPUBLICANS GOT ALL IT
WAS THEY WANTED AND NOBODY SEEMS
TO CARE, NOBODY REALIZES THAT
THESE DEBTS PUT A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON THE FED SO WE HAVE
TO YELL AT THE FED FOR NOT
PRINTING ENOUGH MONEY, BUT THEY
HAVE TO PROVIDE THIS.
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A MONETARY
SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AND IF WE
DIDN'T SK
DIDN'T HAVE THE BIPARTISANSHIP
ON SPENDING, THEN THEY WOULD
HAVE TO MAYBE DEAL WITH SOME
OTHER PROBLEMS BUT IT'S AMAZING
THAT 90% OF WHAT WE HAVE DEALT
WITH IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
HAS BEEN IMPEACHMENT AND
EVERYBODY KNEW THE RESULTS OF
THAT BEFORE IT STARTED.
ASHLEY: EXACTLY RIGHT.
I MEAN, THIS IS A SPENDING
PACKAGE, IT WAS 2,313 PAGES
LONG, BUT AUS SAI
LONG, BUT ASS SAI
LONG, BUT AS YSAI
LONG, BUT AS YOU SAID, THIS HAS
BEEN A PATTERN OF THE WAY THEY
GO ABOUT BUSINESS.
HOW DO YOU STOP IT?
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A LOT
OF MOTIVATION TO DO THAT.
>> NO.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP.
IT'S GOING TO END IN A DISASTER
BECAUSE THE PRESSURE IS TOO
GREAT.
IT'S AN ADDICTION.
THEY WORRY ABOUT THE OPIOID
CRISIS AND ADDICTION BUT THIS IS
TEN TIMES WORSE BECAUSE IT
INVOLVES THE WHOLE WORLD AND
THERE'S NO WAY, I MEAN, THE FED
TRIED TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION
OF REDUCING ITS BALANCE SHEET
AND THEY TRIED THAT A LITTLE
BIT, THEN THERE WAS A
CATACLYSMIC CRISIS IN SEPTEMBER,
OH, WE NEED QE AGAIN, THEY START
TO CREATE QUICKLY $400 BILLION.
NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO END
BECAUSE THE APPETITE FOR BIG
GOVERNMENT IS VERY STRONG AND
THE BUDGET YOU POINTED OUT
ENDORSES THIS FACT THAT THE
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS LIKE
SPENDING AND THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO STOP IT BECAUSE IT'S TOO
PAINFUL.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT POLITICALLY,
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL A
BIG CRISIS HIT AND THERE WILL BE
AN ADJUSTMENT, BUT THAT'S WHAT
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE I
THINK IT CAN BE VERY VERY
DISASTROUS FOR US.
ASHLEY: IT'S INTERESTING, I READ
THE OP-ED BY SENATOR CASSIDY AND
HE SAYS FOR INSTANCE, JUST
CONTAINED IN THE SPENDING
PACKAGE, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS
OBAMACARE REMAINS THE LAW OF THE
LAND BUT THE PRINCIPAL WAY TO
PAY FOR IT HAS BEEN REPEALED BUT
NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT
IT AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO
BLEED MONEY.
>> IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE,
BECAUSE THE BASIC FLAW HERE IS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO
MEDICAL CARE.
PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR
LIFE AND THEIR LIBERTY AND TO
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND BE
RESPONSIBLE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET STUFF FROM
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT THE
GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS BUT BECAUSE
AS LONG AS THIS IS A RIGHT, IT'S
GOING TO EXIST AND IT WILL
BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE NOT SOCIALIZED MEDICINE,
WE HAVE CORPORATE MEDICINE.
I'M STILL VERY CLOSE TO THE
MEDICAL FIELD AND BELIEVE ME,
THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE
DRUG COMPANIES AND THE
MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND THE
PHYSICIANS ORGANIZATIONS, THEY
ALL WANT TO KEEP THIS GOING TO
MAKE SURE THEY MAXIMIZE THEIR
INCOME BUT THAT'S DOOMED TO END
BECAUSE PEOPLE RUN OUT OF
SERVICES, THEY HAVE TO RATION
THEM AND IT ALWAYS MEANS THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE.
REPUBLICANS WHEN THEY RAN, THEY
ADDED THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
PROGRAM.
SO IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE
BECAUSE IT'S NOT EFFICIENT.
THEREFORE, THEY SAY WE NEED MORE
GOVERNMENT.
WELL, IT'S NOT EFFICIENT BECAUSE
WE HAVE TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT, BUT
THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO LEARN
THAT LESSON VERY SOON.
THEY WILL HAVE TO REASSESS IT,
THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE TO
REASSESS IT WHEN WE FINALLY
DECIDE ONCE AGAIN WHAT SHOULD
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT BE.
SHOULD IT BE THERE TO TAKE CARE
OF US FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE OR
SHOULD IT BE THERE TO PROTECT
OUR FREEDOMS.
ASHLEY: THAT IS A GOOD,
CONGRESSMAN PAUL, TALKING ABOUT
BIG GOVERNMENT, ANOTHER ONE FOR
YOU.
THE FEDERAL SMOKING AGE JUST
RAISED TO 21.
YOU ARE A LIBERTARIAN.
IS THIS THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB TO
CONTROL?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOU KNOW, ONE FLAW IN THE SYSTEM
THAT WE HAVE ENDORSED BY BOTH
FACTIONS IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT
CAN PROTECT US FROM OURSELVES.
THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
THAT'S PART OF THIS.
THEY TRIED THAT WITH ALCOHOL AND
ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
EVERYTHING IS TO PROTECT US
AGAINST OURSELVES AND IT CAN'T
BE DONE WITHOUT THE DESTRUCTION
OF LIBERTY BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM BAD
THINGS, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT,
WELL, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT HOW MANY
BAD THINGS COME OUT OF RADICAL
RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL
VIEWPOINTS.
YOU HAVE TO REGULATE THAT, THEN,
TOO, SO TO NOT EXPOSE THAT
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE OF
THINKING.
PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE
MORE UNDERSTANDING AND
CONFIDENCE OF HOW A FREE SOCIETY
WORKS.
THE FOUNDERS HAD A PRETTY GOOD
GRASP OF THIS BUT THAT'S A LONG
TIME AGO.
ASHLEY: CERTAINLY WAS.