Reagan's Budget Director Speaks Out

Here is David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, telling us how it is. This is an instructive interview for those who worship Ronald Reagan as "Ronaldus Maximus" by going back to the speeches he gave before he actually was president and then acting like that is how  he governed. Now I'm not blaming Reagan for not living out the principles of a small government, as I'm not real sure how much power a president truly has in our country. Anyway, this man Stockman gives us a history lesson in our country's money situation, which is a great reality check without spin and pandering.

Rand Paul Interview - nice

Lots of good points and lines from this interview of Rand Paul at the Liberty PAC in Nevada recently:

$2.3 Trillion Defense Dollars Went Missing & Has Never Been Found

Yes, this is old news, but seeing how our country is facing a huge budget problem, it seems like $2.3 Trillion dollars would come in handy. Remember what Dwight Eisenhower said about the Military Industrial Complex- it has to be watched closely. Well, it has not been watched at all - kinda hard to do when they can hide behind the label "classified". The Democrats hate the military I've always heard, but I've never heard how the the Republicans hate waste in the military. I guess they don't, my suspicion is that's where some of them have their honey pots.

So on September 10, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld breaks the news that 2.3 Trillion defense dollars cannot be accounted for. Oopsie. Here's a copy of an independent audit looking at 1.1 Trillion of it.

Here's Robert Byrd asking Donald Rumsfeld how you can loose 2.3 Trillion dollars. Kinda pathetic response.




Here's the CBS report:





Just something else to make you go hmmmm...