Rand Paul Preparing to Filibuster Republicans Debt Ceiling Deal With the Devil

In case you haven't heard, Republicans are preparing a deal with the Democrats to raise the debt ceiling. This wasn't hard to predict. There are some serious problems with the Republicans lack of backbone on this matter.

As we move up the debt latter adding another trillion every six months, there is something that takes place that makes the next trillion in debt come faster--and that is the interest payment on this debt. The more we borrow, the less time it takes to add another trillion to the debt. In other words, America is burying itself alive.

Fortunately, there is real common sense in the Republican party, and it doesn't come in two work catch phrases like "fed up." Rand Paul is preparing to filibuster any Republican deal with Democrats that raise the debt ceiling.

"We've had not one minute of debate about the debt ceiling in any committee," he said in an interview with C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" that aired on Sunday. "We haven't had a budget in two years. We haven't had an appropriations bill in two years. So I'm part of the freshmen group in the Senate that's saying, 'no more.'"

Paul's plan: "Next week, we will filibuster until we talk about the debt ceiling, until we talk about proposals."

He added that a group of senators in the "conservative wing" of the Republican Party will also be presenting a proposal to tie raising the debt limit to passage of a balanced budget amendment.

"[W]e will actually vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling next week if we can, but it will be contingent on passing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution," he said, adding, "I'm not completely without the sense that we may need to raise the debt ceiling. But I will only do it if we have significant budgetary reform, and to me that means you have to balance your budget every year."