Rand Paul returns $500,000 in office budget to Treasury

[sailingaway]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-co...ns-k-in-office-budget-to-treasury-110637.html

 

[Blue_Merle]

Money where your mouth is, Fuck yea thanks Rand!

 

[jabf2006]

...apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.

 

[Machiavelli]

Political move

 

[tsai3904]

Official press release:

http://paul.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=417

 

[ronpaulitician]

Put up or shut up, Warren Buffett. Match the annual returns of Rand Paul (and Ron Paul) like you've promised you would.

Warren's promise

 

[amy31416]

Political move

If most political moves were more like that, politicians wouldn't have such a bad rap.

 

[bluesc]

Political move

So? Let cutting $1T be a political move. I don't care.

Making promises is a political move. This is just a followup. Most politicians make promises and forget them the next day.

 

[TheDriver]

I think this is great! I doubt Bunning or McConnell ever returned one-red-cent!

 

[economics102]

Like father, like son.

 

[BamaFanNKy]

Only one other person in the 8 Kentucky US House or Senate that does anything near this, John Yarmuth gives his salary to charity.

 

[Sola_Fide]

I was there. About 50 people. I think you will be able to see me on the news tonight.

 

[Machiavelli]

So? Let cutting $1T be a political move. I don't care.

Making promises is a political move. This is just a followup. Most politicians make promises and forget them the next day.

It's a good political move...Rand Paul is like a Machiavelli for liberty.

 

[Schiff_FTW]

http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/11/2024710/rand-paul-primary-now-between.html

Paul: No consideration to VP bid in 2012 for now

LOUISVILLE, KY. — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday he hasn't thought much about a vice presidential bid this year as his father challenges Republican front-runner Mitt Romney in the presidential primaries, but he also did not rule out the possibility.

Paul, speaking Thursday morning in Louisville, said he's "seen the chatter on the Internet" about the possibility of being tapped as the GOP nominee's running mate. But he said for now he is focused on helping U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's campaign for the GOP nomination.

"I haven't really considered it yet," Rand Paul said. "I'm focused on trying to help my dad."

 

[bluesc]

http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/11/2024710/rand-paul-primary-now-between.html

Paul: No consideration to VP bid in 2012 for now

If Ron doesn't win he will push for Rand to be VP. Some people seem to think he will turn it down, but he's not a purist. He's politically smart.

 

[Sola_Fide]

From what I heard, Rand definitely left the door open in a big way. He said he was interested in the national debate.

There was a reporter from the LEO there and he asked Rand if Rand had subscribed to Ron's newsletters in the past. I thought it was kind of funny.

 

[affa]

RAND Paul returns $500k to Treasury

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/01/rand-paul-returns-k-in-office-budget-to-treasury-110637.html

Freshman Sen. Rand Paul is making good on his promise to cut federal spending. The Kentucky Republican and tea-party favorite said Thursday he’s returning $500,000 to the U.S. Treasury -- money from his operating budget that his office never spent.....

more at link

 

[slamhead]

I wonder how we can find a record of all the money Ron Paul has returned to the treasury over the years.

 

[nedomedo]

I know, it must be like millions of dollars.

 

[Tyler_Durden]

I wonder how we can find a record of all the money Ron Paul has returned to the treasury over the years.

X amount of budget returns to Treasury + Y amount of votes (and $$ amounts) against congressional pay raises + Z amount saved from declining a pension = ?????? millions