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Agent MattPosted: Jul 13, 2010 - 10:57
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Welcome to Rand Paul Says The Darndest Things: '90s Edition.

In the late 1990s, Paul -- then a simple ophthalmologist and president of Kentucky Taxpayers United -- appeared on several episodes "Kentucky Tonight," a roundtable-style show on public television. He talked about the elderly dying at the hands of Medicare rationing; the need to privatize Social Security, which he called "a Ponzi scheme;" and the rights of the government to invest in racist companies.

We at TPM watched all five hours of footage, courtesy of KET, and compressed them into three minutes: The best of retro Rand Paul.

Some other gems to watch for: Paul advocates scrapping the tax code, compares Medicare to the fall of the Soviet Union and explains private retirement accounts. It could work, he says -- just look at the Chilean laborer who saved almost $1 million for retirement.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/rand-paul-in-the-90s-medicare-is-socialism-and-social-security-is-a-ponzi-scheme-video.php

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