Sen. Rand Paul’s annual ‘Festivus Report’ highlights government funded programs
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From steroid-injected hamsters to Pentagon espresso machines, Senator Rand Paul presents his annual ‘Festivus Report’ and filing complaints about ‘government waste’
- The Republican senator from Kentucky released his tongue-in-cheek report after Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill.
- Senator Paul posted a festive video in front of a roaring fire in a red jacket.
- ‘The assignments were hung by the fireplace carefully…’
- The economic trick plays on the iconic Seinfeld party hosted by George Costanza.
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Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul donned a red jacket and stood in front of a roaring fire to release his annual ‘Festivus Report,’ which roasts and catalogs $482 billion in government-funded programs that he considers ‘expenditures’. pork barrel’.
“This year, I’m highlighting a whopping $482,276,543,907 of waste, including a steroid-induced hamster fight club, a study to see if kids love their pets, and a study of parrots’ romantic patterns,” Paul said. in its reportthat plays with the iconic Seinfeld party held by George Costanza.
The controversial conservative politician released the report just as the House voted to pass a $1.7 trillion appropriations bill that many Republicans criticized for being fraught with overspending, though like a nostalgic Christmas playlist, many of those programs that Paul highlights are from years past. .
“The assignments were carefully hung by the fireplace, in the hope that the Saint Nicholas would soon be there,” he said. read in his heavily spent version on ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’.
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released his annual ‘Festivus Report’ tearing apart excess government spending. The day came when the House passed a $1.7 trillion general appropriations bill.
“The senators were curled up in their beds, while visions of pork danced in their heads,” Paul said.
The report highlights a number of programs funded with government money that have an air of government largesse or ridiculous-sounding titles.
He mentions $3 million for a hamster “fight club,” pointing to research funded by the National Institutes of Health “to watch steroid-injected hamsters fight to study whether current drugs for aggressive youth suppress steroid-induced aggression.”
Paul highlighted an experiment on hamsters testing the effects of steroids, though PETA claims it cut funding for the project years ago.
White with foam: Paul highlighted purchases of espresso machines from the Pentagon and the US Navy.
Earlier this week, Paul threatened to stop the massive $1.7 trillion stimulus bill. He backed down and the deal passed the Senate on Thursday, though Paul tried to tweak it to cut spending.
But a footnote in Paul’s paper cites a 1994 academic study, “Psychological Characteristics of Adolescent Steroid Users.” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said it removed the study, which had been funded for years, in 2017.
Paul’s report also says that the “Department of the Navy’s Department of Defense (DoD) has spent more than $192,952 on top-of-the-line Starbucks espresso machines” instead of allowing people to have a “cup of Joe” at the ancient.
The report links to contracts on USA Spending.gov for Starbucks coffee and espresso machines from 2017 through 2021, including a $24,000 order in 2019 that was classified as a kitchen equipment purchase.
When asked why shows from six years ago were on the current list, a spokesperson for Paul said the heading ‘2022 Waste’ ‘refers to the waste we have chosen to highlight for this year and does not mean that all items /studies is from 2022.’
The report also highlights programs such as ‘subsidizing the free New York Staten Island ferry’, ‘Boosting Tunisia’s travel sector during COVID-19’ and ‘Building a Gandhi museum’.