PBD Podcast Rand Paul on The Real Cost of Intervention & Regime Change | PBD #730
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Jan 31, 2026 
Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and physician who champions limited government and non-interventionism. He tackles COVID controversies and Fauci briefly. He debates immigration, ICE and welfare incentives. He argues against regime-change interventions, questions Venezuela operations, and criticizes unilateral tariffs and expansive foreign policy.
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Put Guardrails Around Welfare
- Build welfare 'guardrails' by restricting benefits for able-bodied single adults without dependents.
- Use targeted rules to preserve assistance for those who genuinely cannot work.
Early Childbearing Predicts Economic Strain
- Children born outside marriage strongly correlate with long-term economic struggles.
- Rand Paul suggests education on statistics rather than moralizing to reduce early childbearing.
Congress Should Authorize War
- The Constitution vests war-declaring power with Congress, not the president, reflecting framers' intent.
- Rand Paul stresses asking Congress before initiating operations that amount to war.
