said U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)” yesterday, referring to the holiday made famous by a 1997 episode of Seinfeld, in which the senator is seen in the role of George Costanza's father Frank.
[Ummm, are you sure? Ed.]
The principal event of Festivus is the Airing of the Grievances. "I've got a lot of problems with you people!", the Senator tweeted, "and by 'you people' I mostly mean the petty tyrants who run your local, state and federal government. 2021 was a banner year for being a pretty tyrant, with them all literally tripping overe each other for the dumbest Covid lockdown or mandate idea."
Senator Paul's Festivus Report -- click here to read the whole thing -- details egregious, wasteful government spending over the last year. His fecal roster for 2021 includes money spent on "a study of pigeons gambling on slot machines, giving kids junk food, and telling citizens of Vietnam not to burn their trash." Here are some examples, with references to the department or agency of the Brandon government responsible in brackets.
Foreign countries use our aircraft for free for 4 years (DOD) $773,000,000
Purchase of bought Afghanistan airplanes that were later thrown away (DOD) $549,000,000
Funding Green Energy programs in Africa (State) $179,000,000
Fattening eels for human consumption (FDA) $337,500
Covid relief grant for Democrat-run New York City to display art projects across the city, $25,000,000
Constructing border walls in the Middle East and North Africa (DOD) $250,000,000
Free trips for Korean kids to visit D.C. (USAID) $150,000
Grinding up ferrets to develop Covid and flu vaccines, $4,500,000 [Seriously? I thought it came from aborted babies. Ed]
Tax Credit incentivizing California residents to uninstall fireplaces, $2,100,000
Teaching French people about US culture [??? Ed.] (State) $200,000
Developing a film about dinosaurs to inspire middle schoolers (NSF) $2,500,000
Pigeons playing slot machines (NIH) $465,339
Telling people to not burn their trash (USAID) $11,300,000
Funding Green Energy programs in Africa (State) $179,000,000
Planting trees in Democrat-run New York City, $400,000,000
Fattening eels for human consumption (FDA) $337,500 [What's wrong with that? They're pretty good. Ed.]
And last but not least... in fact the most...
Social Security overpayments to beneficiaries in fiscal year 2019 (SSA) $4,200,000,000. Four. Billion. Two hundred. Million.
Walt sez: This makes me so mad I'd write a letter to my congersman, if I thought USPS would deliver it anytime soon... and if my congersman could only read.
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