From TheTimesTribune.com:
Dr. Rand Paul, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, explained his position on taxes, government spending, the drug abuse epidemic, welfare and other government benefits during an exclusive interview with the Times-Tribune, just hours before his appearance at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg.
Initially, Dr. Paul addressed drug abuse in rural Kentucky. As a doctor, he immediately zeroed in on more vigilant policing of doctors who recklessly write prescriptions. He asked, “Are they being disciplined? I’m a doctor and occasionally I’ll get notification from the medical licensure board of people who are having their licenses suspended.”
Referencing a recent report which listed Whitley County as one of five Kentucky counties which averaged more than four controlled substances per resident, Dr. Paul said, “There needs to be more policing through the state licensure board… if you’re prescribing inappropriately or to somebody who is selling their medication, and there’s evidence of that, your medical career should be over.”
“I don’t know of anyone who has a magic bullet or answer… if they did, we’d have gotten rid of it by now,” he added. One idea Paul proposed was imposing drug testing on those who receive government benefits. He explained, “If you’re giving people money from the government, perhaps you could tie the money from taxpayers to the drugs.”
Shifting topics, he explained, “Of course, if more of your tax money was left at home, you could hire more officers to combat crime.”
“I think we ought to leave more of Kentucky’s tax money in Kentucky… if you need more money in Whitley, Knox, or Laurel, let’s stop sending so much to Washington D.C.” He defended his position, saying, “A lot of your tax money gets lost on the middle man… projects are better financed at the local level.”
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