Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul said Monday that Washington lawmakers are showing no consideration for future generations with deficit spending that is passing an "enormous burden of debt" on to America's children and grandchildren.
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"I acknowledge that the system is broken, and if we just keep borrowing, we could destroy the entire system," Paul said. "Then, there would be no Social Security, no Medicare and no government because we will be drowning in the sea of debt or destroy the currency in the process."
Conservative politicians have long been invoking a tremendous concern for future generations while railing against deficit spending. But, the phrase “drowning in the sea” got me thinking: Does Dr. Paul’s concern for future generations extends to topics like climate change?
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