“Some politicians think if you’re really bold you’ll set yourself up for political disaster,” he told TheDC. “They used to say that entitlement reform is the third rail in politics, you couldn’t talk about it and still get elected. I disagree with that now. Young people have already built it into their plans that Social Security is struggling and will have to be reformed, and that likely they won’t get it at the same age that people have gotten it.”
Under the guise of boldness, Paul will push for the same reforms that nearly killed his campaign for Senate. “People who have means are going to have pay the full price of Medicare in order to keep it solvent,” he told me, adding, “There aren’t that many Republicans who agree with my approach on this.”
If Paul cannot rally members of his caucus under the flag of boldness, he says he will “probably” release his ideas independently.
“We’ll just have to see what happens and who signs onto it. As you can see with my $500 billion in cuts, we’re not afraid to move ahead and have our own policy discussion and decision out there.”
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