Chris Christie vs. Rand Paul

It's fun to watch them sniping. And don't be fooled by the fact that Christie can use facts with the best of them while Rand Paul is reduced to name calling and casting insults, Christie is still a die-hard Republican.

From The Raw Story
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Christie slams Rand Paul by accusing Kentucky of being a leech on the federal government

By Eric W. Dolan
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 17:05 EDT


Republican Governor Chris Christie slammed Senator Rand Paul on Tuesday, after the Kentucky senator accused him of begging the federal government for money.

During a press conference, Christie noted that his state paid more in federal taxes than they got back, which was not true to of the state that Paul represented. According to the Tax Foundation, for every $1.00 Kentucky's taxpayers send to Washington, they get back $1.51. In contrast, for every $1.00 New Jersey's taxpayers sent to Washington, they get only 61 cents back.

"I find it interesting that Senator Paul is accusing us of having a gimme, gimme, gimme attitude toward federal spending when in fact New Jersey is a donor state, we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington," Christie said. "And interestingly Kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they sent to Washington."

"So if Senator Paul wants to start looking at where he is going to cut spending to afford defense, maybe he should start looking at cutting the pork barrel spending he brings home to Kentucky at a $1.51 on every dollar and not look at New Jersey where we get 61 cents for every dollar," he continued. "Maybe Senator Paul could deal with that when he is trying to deal with the reduction of spending on the federal side, but I doubt he would because most Washington politicians only care about bringing home the bacon so they can get reelected."