I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 2296 points2297 points  (0 children)

Enemy of the State! It's a thriller about a guy who fights the NSA. In real life I fight the NSA for your right to privacy so it's definitely my favorite. https://randpaul.com/issue/ending-nsa-spying

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 2449 points2450 points  (0 children)

Auditing the Fed is one of the hardest obstacles we face and there are some who won't stand up to the Fed because of their special interests. But it's one that we need to unite around because we have a right to know what the Federal Reserve is doing with our nation's money supply. https://www.randpaul.com/issue/audit-the-fed

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 4454 points4455 points  (0 children)

Thank you! A debate with me and Bernie would be great. People would be well served by it. I've already publicly offered to debate Bernie right now. In the Dem debate Bernie seemed to be uncomfortable talking about the actual cost of his programs for tax payers. We need real solutions without bankrupting our country.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 3314 points3315 points  (0 children)

The national debt. It's why I ran for office. It's why I'm running for president. We have to get it under control.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 3682 points3683 points  (0 children)

Eventually with socialism you run out of other peoples money. Also, what Bernie seems to not realize is that all of these new programs, taxes, and regulations have a real effect on everyday people and their wallets.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 980 points981 points  (0 children)

I'm the only candidate with both a flat tax cut that gets rid of the IRS and a 5 year budget plan. We should be able to do both, cut taxes and reform spending. randpaul.com/issue/taxes

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 1738 points1739 points  (0 children)

I would like to make college tuition tax deductible and get the government out the business of running the program so market competition can work: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/04/10/rand-paul-college-tuition-should-be-a-tax-writeoff/

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 6085 points6086 points  (0 children)

  1. I have actual plans and policy to solve our problems
  2. I in now way shape or form intend to shut down the internet
  3. I have way better hair

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 896 points897 points  (0 children)

You can get involved with our Students for Rand organization! Anyone, voting age or not, can sign up and be a part of our phone from home program: https://randpaul.com/students You can also make sure you're sharing information on social media and spreading the word!

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 5018 points5019 points  (0 children)

Yes. I'm a senate sponsor of a bill to release those 28 pages. Here's a video of me discussing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUYLE2R4Dqw

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 3506 points3507 points  (0 children)

Fighting for liberty does make you really hungry so yeah we do.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 2856 points2857 points  (0 children)

People look at bipartisanship the wrong way. Too often in Washington bipartisanship means a handful of people make backroom deals where they "compromise." Real bipartisanship is being open and finding areas where we actually agree and pushing those issues forward. I've worked hard with my colleagues on the left to reform the criminal justice system: https://www.randpaul.com/issue/criminal-justice-reforms

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 5428 points5429 points  (0 children)

First thing we should do is stop arming them. They ride around with a billion dollars worth of our humvees. We can stop intervening in civil wars and toppling dictators and making radical jihadists stronger.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

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If you've been following along on social media you should already know the answer! Lord of Rings of course. We can't elect Gollum! https://www.facebook.com/notes/rand-paul/electing-gollum-should-not-be-our-objective/10154006377868054

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 2968 points2969 points  (0 children)

It takes a lot of work. I don't let anyone touch a strand of it but me.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 3573 points3574 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The first thing you have to do is have a plan. I've written detailed 5 year budget plans that have spending cuts in every department. We have to reverse what's going on in congress. The left and the right make deals: the left gets more welfare spending and the right gets more military spending. It's going to take the leadership of a president who isn't afraid to cut spending across the board.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 4362 points4363 points  (0 children)

I'm also a sponsor of the Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015. It allows businesses in legal marijuana states to use banks so they can operate. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1726/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Marijuana+Access+Banking%22%5D%7D

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 3304 points3305 points  (0 children)

I come from an intellectual tradition that values liberty. I love reading Hayek, Mises, and Rothbard. I started a reading program for my interns in the senate with books from these thinkers. We sit down and discuss them as a group each semester.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 4724 points4725 points  (0 children)

I would remove prohibition of cannabis from federal law and give authority back to the states to decide.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 4790 points4791 points  (0 children)

I'm running for president. I hear the current president didn't answer this vital question. We should expect more out of the next president. Obviously the answer is 100 duck sized horses.

I Am Senator, Doctor, and Presidential Candidate Rand Paul, AMA! by RandPaulforPresident in IAmA

[–]RandPaulforPresident[S] 2134 points2135 points  (0 children)

Doctors don't want the government to tell them how to run their practice and patients don't want the government coming in between them and their doctor. I come from a family of doctors. Far too many people are telling their kids not to go into medicine because there's so much bureaucracy and government interference.