CPAC 2012: Rand Paul has a few questions for the President

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) began his address to CPAC 2012 with a question for the President: “Do you hate all rich people, or just those who aren’t campaign contributors?”

Paul noted that two-fisted class warrior Obama certainly seems to like some rich people, such as billionaire George Kaiser, whose coffers he has filled with taxpayer cash. Obama did this using what Paul described as “a brilliant plan: Let’s appoint people to approve the loans who are related to the people who are going to get the loans.” This led to Solyndra’s attorney calling up her husband, who works for the Department of Energy, to secure a half-billion-dollar loan.

Alas, that compulsory “investment” in Kaiser’s Solyndra Corporation got “flushed down the drain,” but it doesn’t seem to have dimmed Obama’s affection for his favorite rich people. “They say it’s not easy to be rich, especially if you inherit the money,” said Paul. “They think you’re just laying by the pool and playing polo.” He said he was excited to learn Robert Kennedy was going to shatter that stereotype by starting his own business… but was then crestfallen to learn Kennedy would be doing it with $1.6 billion in taxpayer money. He did this by getting one of his employees a job at the Department of Energy, and the employee went on to approve Kennedy’s loan.

“So, while the President roams the country,” Paul surmised, “moaning about millionaires and billionaires not paying their fair share, his aides are in the White House making sure that millionaires and billionaires are getting their fair share… of your money.”

Contemplating this White House drive-thru lane for crony capitalists led Paul to ask a second question: “Mr. President, do you hate poor people? Or do you just hate poor people with jobs?”

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