Taking a bold but risky stand against spending and government debt, Rand Paul tells an audience of Kentucky farmers Thursday their federal payments may need to be cut in the interest of national debt reduction. His opponent, Jack Conway, continued the Democrat mantra of money grows on trees and the government has an endless supply and if you vote me in I’ll get you some and to hell with the future of the country.

AP via WFAA.com

Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul told an audience of Kentucky farmers Thursday their federal payments may need to be cut in the interest of national debt reduction, a declaration his Democratic rival said posed a threat to tens of thousands of the state’s residents.

“I’m always going to put Kentucky first. I’m not going to come up with a risky scheme,” Attorney General Jack Conway said in a feisty joint appearance with his tea party-backed opponent in one of the country’s most closely watched races.

Appearing before the state Farm Bureau Federation board of directors, Paul denied that he favors elimination of the Agriculture Department and steered well clear of saying he wanted to get rid of farm support programs despite Conway’s accusations that he did.

Instead, Paul said free trade would benefit farmers and jabbed at Conway. “I won’t be afraid to stand up to the unions who oppose” pending agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, he said.

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