Tea Party libertarian/far-right fundamentalist/corporate tool Rand Paul has decided he’s just going to get right down to the business of gutting the federal government, whether anyone else joins him or not. If you want something done (far) right, do it yourself.

The tea party hero is at the bottom of the Senate in seniority and was sworn in as Kentucky’s junior Republican senator only two weeks ago, but he’s about to unveil his own sweeping budget plan that would result in a $500 billion cut in just one year — about five times more than what the House GOP has promised to do.

Wow, $500 billion in one year — and you can bet that most of that money will be cut out of programs that benefit the poor, the sick, and minorities.