Not so long ago, Rand Paul broke from Republican orthodoxy on defense spending and supported substantial cuts. A budget he introduced in 2011 called for a $164 billion cut in defense spending by 2016. But last month Paul abruptly reversed positions and proposed "a nearly $190 billion infusion to the defense budget over the next two years-a roughly 16 percent increase." TIME called Paul's switch a "stunning reversal."
Rand Paul's position on drugs like marijuana is "not to legalize them." He stresses that smoking marijuana is "a bad thing to do." Paul's view is that instead of legalization, penalties for drug use and possession should be reduced.
Reason, a libertarian magazine, is not impressed: "He wants to keep everything illegal, but institute gentler penalties. That's not remotely libertarian."
In a 2011 interview with Sean Hannity, Paul said he opposed some kinds of racial profiling but supported the profiling, deportation, and even imprisonment of people the government determined were listening to "radical political speeches."
Think again
Rand Paul's position on drugs like marijuana is "not to legalize them." He stresses that smoking marijuana is "a bad thing to do." Paul's view is that instead of legalization, penalties for drug use and possession should be reduced.
Reason, a libertarian magazine, is not impressed: "He wants to keep everything illegal, but institute gentler penalties. That's not remotely libertarian."
In a 2011 interview with Sean Hannity, Paul said he opposed some kinds of racial profiling but supported the profiling, deportation, and even imprisonment of people the government determined were listening to "radical political speeches."
Think again
