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Over ONE TRILLION Dollars of Immoral Government Waste

Over ONE TRILLION Dollars of Immoral Government Waste

Rand Paul’s Wrecking Ball 2024 Festivus Report is still relevant to DOGE

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The newly minted Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, has an ace in the hole. Sen. Rand Paul has been calling out whacko government spending with his Festivus Report for over a decade. DOGE could use Paul’s expertise.

But, it doesn't stop there. Rand Paul is now advocating for abolishing all foreign aid.

“Festivus” is an invention of the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld. It is an alternative to Christmas and comes with the tradition of the “Airing of Grievances,” in which celebrants tell each other how they were disappointed by friends and family members in the past year.

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Sen. Paul has grievances–lots of them–with how the federal government wastes money. The Festivus report is an annual airing of some of that waste. In 2024, Paul tracked down a trillion dollars of government squandering, including “Cocaine for moody rats …

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