For years now, Senator Rand Paul has been releasing an annual ‘Festivus Report’ to spotlight authorities waste and this yr isn’t any completely different.
Paul’s checklist consists of some really superb gadgets this yr, reminiscent of funding to check transgender monkeys.
It’s superb what the federal government spends our tax {dollars} on, whereas telling us there’s not sufficient cash for different issues, like a border wall as an illustration.
The New York Post reviews:
Transgender monkeys and $8K lobster tanks: Gov’t spending grievances aired in ‘Festivus Report’
Time to pull your pole out of the crawl house.
In probably the most fantastic time of the yr for Washington finances hawks, Sen. Rand Paul launched his annual airing of spending grievances Friday in honor of the “Seinfeld”-immortalized vacation “Festivus.”
From science experiments on transgender monkeys to $38 million in COVID funds to lifeless folks, Paul’s report detailed what he referred to as “a whopping $9 billion of waste” of taxpayer funds.
“Last Festivus, we lamented over the national debt reaching an astronomical $30 trillion,” wrote Paul (R-Ky.).
“Shockingly, in one short year, the career politicians and bureaucrats in Washington have managed to approach $34 trillion in debt, without so much as a second thought.”
Paul blasted each political events for contributing to the shortfall by voting to lift the debt ceiling in late Could, “which empowered the government to borrow an unlimited amount of money until 2024.”
“As Congress spends to reward its favored industries and pet projects, the American taxpayers are forced to pay the price through record high inflation and crippling interest rates,” he stated within the report.
Rand Paul does an actual public service by mentioning this nonsense.
Completely satisfied Festivus from @RandPaul.
Our authorities wasted over $900B on:
-Experiments on transgender monkeys
-$38M in COVID funds to lifeless folks
-Graphic novels from CISA and DHS about “disinformation”
-Costly lobster tanks
-Egyptian Tourism
-Russian cats on treadmills& Extra pic.twitter.com/ijwIBil8ej
— ALX (@alx) December 24, 2023
It is that point of yr once more. Completely satisfied #Festivus! I’ve received lots of issues with you folks! And now, you are gonna hear about it. pic.twitter.com/cZaMOHmA2x
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2023
️ Whoopsie: Improper Federal Funds – $236,000,000,000
️ The Authorities Pays Lifeless Individuals … Once more! – $38,000,000
️ Dr. Fauci’s Transgender Monkey Research – $477,121These are just some extra egregious examples however you may learn all of them! https://t.co/VGAWKvUk4L
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2023
The federal government positive is beneficiant with our cash.
