Rand Paul, the Senator from Kentucky released his annual ‘Festivus Report’ which includes $40M of government funding for COVID vaccine influencers and $5M for cocaine experiments on dogs.
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The federal government’s off the wall way of overspending according to a yearly report goes beyond comprehension: cocaine experiments on dogs, staggering yearly debts and influencer campaigns due to COVID-19 campaigns.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., divulged his 11th annual “Festivus Report” on Tuesday, describing the crazy ways that the federal government throws away taxpayer dollars into pet projects, according to a story by Fox News.
Paul has long been against Congress’ spending addictions, regularly voting against appropriations bills and spending packages for not trying to tackle the nation’s growing debt problem. His report highlights that even with several lawmakers pounding their chests on Washington’s spending problem, Congress can’t help but spend more.
“No matter how much taxpayer money Washington burns through, politicians can’t help but demand more,” Paul said. “Fiscal responsibility may not be the most crowded road, but it’s one I’ve walked year after year — and this holiday season will be no different. So, before we get to the Feats of Strength, it’s time for my Airing of (Spending) Grievances.”
Still, Paul praised some of the actions taken by the Trump administration to cut government spending, like the nearly $9 billion rescissions package that reduced funding for public broadcasting and some foreign aid. But Paul said that while the move was “a good start, it’s just a drop in the bucket.”
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Senator Rand Paul found over a TRILLION dollars in his “annual Festivus Report on outrageous government waste:
– $10,000 that was given to the bearded ladies cabaret to fund ice skating shows… pic.twitter.com/eJvmannHB4
For example, Paul pointed out that in the last year, the federal debt has hit the roof to nearly $40 trillion, up from approximately $36 trillion.
“The Congressional Budget Office predicts we will add an average of $23.9 trillion in debt annually for the next decade. The U.S. government will add over $6.53 billion of debt every single day for the next ten years,” Paul said. “We borrow over $272 million every hour, we borrow $4.54 million every minute, and we borrow over $75,000 every second.”
Among the highlights on overspending programs are over $40 million to social media influencers to promote getting the COVID-19 vaccine to racial and ethnic minority groups, over $5 million to dose dogs with cocaine, over $1 million to teach “teenage ferrets to binge-drink alcohol,” over $14 million to teach monkeys to play a “Price is Right”-inspired game and roughly $13 million to continue experiments on beagles.
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