Senator Rand Paul’s ‘Festivus’ Report Documents Over $428 BILLION in Government Waste

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Senator Rand Paul’s 2022 Festivus report highlights $482,276,543,907 in government waste and includes $2.3 million used by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an experiment involving injecting puppies with cocaine, the NIH also spent $519,000 using mice to study racial aggression, the Department of Defense (DOD) wasted $28 million on “camouflage” uniforms that did not work, $1.7 billion was spent maintaining empty federal buildings, $168 million was used to help illegal aliens avoid deportation, and more.

Sen. Paul said that in 2019 there were 15 European countries, out of 26, that had budget surpluses. This shows that it is possible to balance a budget.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Friday continued the annual tradition of celebrating “Festivus,” airing out his many grievances as it relates to government waste.

Paul’s 2022 Festivus report highlights $482,276,543,907 in government waste and includes $2.3 million used by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an experiment involving injecting puppies with cocaine, $202,000 used by the Department of Defense (DOD) on Starbucks espresso machines, and $3 million for the construction of a Gandhi museum.

This will be the 10th year in a row that I’ve celebrated #Festivus with you. By celebrated I mean have a little fun at the expense of Washington. If we don’t laugh we might cry,” Paul wrote before sharing some of the highlights of the report to his social media page and invoking the infamous Seinfeld quote from Frank Costanza, “I’ve got a lot of problems with you people!”

“I would air my grievance at Fauci again but I am trying to be festive — and also I’m trying to get home for Christmas. If I listed all of the things Fauci was wrong on…wow that guy is wrong a LOT,” Paul began:

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Phillip Mezzapelle
Phillip Mezzapelle
3 months ago

And this only includes the things that Senator Rand Paul found in his investigation. There most assuredly are other wasteful spending programs. And of course, let’s not forget the Pentagon’s “budget.”

Ragnar D.
Ragnar D.
3 months ago

They should release those crackhead puppies into the hallowed halls of Congress to be the new national mascots.