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Rand Paul: 4th Amendment protection should apply to 3rd party records

WALLACE: Let me turn to another subject: drones. Last March, you famously took to the senate floor for 13 hours to filibuster a nomination because of your opposition to the military use of drones to attack U.S. citizens. This week, as I'm sure you know, Jeff Bezos, the head -- we're looking at a picture of the drone right there -- of Amazon announced that they have plans, a hope, maybe five years down the road, that drones would come pick up a package, a book, a sweater, and deliver it to your front door where you could -- you could take it instead of a delivery truck. When you see that, and I'm sure you have seen those videos, does that excite you or do you think to yourself, "That's a problem and I've got to find a way to block it"? PAUL: Well, you know, I'm not against technology. So, I'm not one of these people who says, "Oh, unmanned airplanes is really a bad thing." There will be air traffic control issues. My problem is more with ...

Rand Paul descibes Freedom Zone plan; Says 99 wks of unemployment benefits does diservice to workers

SEN. RAND PAUL , R-KY.: Good morning. WALLACE : Before we get to ObamaCare , I want to talk to you about your trip to Detroit this week where you helped open the first of what are going to be several Republican outreach centers in inner cities. You also unveiled your plan for economic freedom zones in depressed areas. Let's take a look at that plan. You would set a flat individual and corporate tax rate in those depressed areas of 5 percent. Give parents more school choice and education tax credits. And loosen visa rules to encourage foreign entrepreneurs to open businesses. Senator, critics say, well, those are all good ideas. You've got to pour more government money into those inner cities if you're going to make a difference. PAUL: Well, Chris, it hasn't worked. I mean, the president poured $1 trillion into the nation's economy. And when you divided it out, it was about $400,000 per job. The problem with a government stimulus is you pick the winners and losers...