Rand Paul’s Annual Festivus List: Over One Trillion $ In Government Waste
ONE TRILLION (With a T)
By ‘Grateful Calvin’ | Twitchy.com
One of the wonderful features of Christmas is how different cultures have different ways of celebrating the holiday. If you are Irish, for example, you might go to Midnight Mass or take a plunge for a Christmas Swim. Italians traditionally celebrate Christmas Eve with the insanely delicious Feast of the Seven Fishes (La Vigilia in Italian). Germans are generally recognized as the culture that first brought us advent calendars and the Tannenbaum or Christmas tree (thank you, Martin Luther), but they also brought Krampus Nacht for the naughty children.
If you are an American small government conservative, however, one Christmas tradition you always look forward to is the annual Festivus airing of grievances from Senator Rand Paul. Each year, Paul publishes a report of some of the worst examples of federal government waste … and calls out his colleagues on both sides of the aisle while doing so.
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But Senator Paul may have outdone himself this year. For the first time ever, his Festivus list contains over $1 TRILLION in government waste.
That’s ‘trillion’ with a T.
Are you listening, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and DOGE?
It’s that time of year again. Happy Festivus! I’ve got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you’re gonna hear about it. pic.twitter.com/XHyhyGueTl
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2024
Paul’s full report is available here, but his introduction lets everyone know that, as usual, he is pulling no punches.
Last Festivus, we bemoaned the national debt nearing $34 trillion. In just a year, Washington’s career politicians and bureaucrats have managed to push it beyond $36 trillion—unsurprisingly, with hardly a second thought.
Who’s to blame for our crushing national debt? Everybody. This year, members of both political parties in Congress voted for massive spending bills, filled with subsidies for underperforming industries, continued military aid to Ukraine, and controversial climate initiatives. As Congress spends to reward its favored pet projects, the American taxpayers are forced to pay through high prices and crippling interest rates.
The same big spenders teamed up, yet again, to continue sending Americans’ hard-earned money to foreign countries, funding endless wars, all while STILL ignoring our wide-open southern border.
And our mountain of debt will continue to pile even higher. The Congressional Budget Office predicts we will add an average of $2.1 trillion in debt annually for the next decade. According to a July House Budget Committee Report, the U.S. government will add over $6.4 billion of debt every single day for the next ten years, borrowing over $268 million every hour, $4.5 million every minute, and over $74,401 every second.
This year, I am highlighting a whopping $1,008,313,329,626.12. That’s over $1 trillion in government waste, including things like ice-skating drag queens, a $12 Million Las Vegas pickleball complex, $4,840,082 on Ukrainian influencers, and more! No matter how much money the government has wasted, politicians keep demanding even more.
As always, taking the path to fiscal responsibility is often a lonely journey, but I’ve been fighting government waste like DOGE before DOGE was cool. And I will continue my fight against government waste this holiday season.
Paul noted some of the highlights — or lowlights, to be more precise — above, but Eric Daugherty was kind enough to summarize some of the ridiculous spending contained in the report.
BREAKING: Senator Rand Paul releases his yearly report on government waste – the “Festivus Report.”
$1 TRILLION. In government waste.
Highlights of INSANE, useless spending:
– $3M for “Girl-Centered Climate Action” in Brazil
– $20M for a new Sesame Street show
– $10K for the… pic.twitter.com/ubQziZ2dc6— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 23, 2024
Oh, you can bet that tweet continues – Take A Look….
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