Congressman Ron Paul is interviewed on CNN by Lou Dobbs about why he voted "NO" to raising the debt ceiling. Ron said the following:
"Mainly because I have never voted for any of the spending essentially over the many years I have been in Congress ... I believed that debt was going to be a real problem many years ago and debt is the problem. So you don't get out of the problem of having too much debt by allowing the Congress to spend a lot more and granting them another $2.4 trillion worth of debt. So it never made any sense to me to do it that way; it just digs a hole much deeper and it gets harder for us to get out. So it was a very easy vote for me, but it became much easier for me when I saw this vehicle they were using to create this 'Super Congress.'" 
Paul continues, saying, "I mean, where in the world did that come from and what is that going to lead to? That is monstrous ... I keep looking and looking and I can't find any place in the US Constitution where we have the authority to create such a creature as the Super Congress. ... It is creating committees to do the job and assume the responsibility that Congress should be doing."
The video can be viewed here.
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