Rynar wrote:
This is only news worthy because so few elected officials behave this way. If frugality in government was commonplace, he wouldn't have "purchased" anything. That said, do you think his efforts are misguided, or made in poor judgement?
I think his efforts are a drop in a bucket. They are self-serving and provide no appreciable benefit to anyone who's last name isn't Paul.
That's not to say that I'm accuse anyone of posturing or acting in a self-serving manner, I think the father and son's behavior is consistently ultra-conservative and ethical.
Giving back money to the government just gives the government more money. Give it back to the people and we can start talking a different talk.
As I see it, he has made cuts to the only area of government which he could make unilaterally, and Constitutionally. If he hadn't done this, I don't see how I could support him.