Sen. Rand Paul is famous for his annual Festivus thread in which he participates in the airing of grievances, and when we saw Tuesday that he’d published his 2020 Festivus Report detailing $54 billion in government waste, we knew the thread couldn’t be far behind. He got a head start earlier Wednesday by going on Fox News and ripping Republicans who voted for “a bunch of socialist spending.”
Strap in, because Paul has a lot of problems with you people:
I’m back with some more holiday cheer…I mean #Festivus grievances!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
Take Congress…PLEASE! They have really outdone themselves this year with the massive special interest giveaway disguised as a relief bill. It is a disgrace in both the level of spending and the process they used to try to sneak it through. But this week’s pork-a-thon isn’t new.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
My #Festivus Waste Report is now an unfortunate Holiday tradition, though a shameful one, if most legislators had any shame. Why? This one report details $54 BILLION in wasted spending.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
The average taxpayer pays around $10,000 in taxes. That means they set the taxes of 5,471,368 people on fire this year. And that’s just want we could document in one little report, and doesn’t come close to counting the unconstitutional things Congress spends on.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
What would $54 billion dollars of taxpayer money have funded if we had tried to use it properly? One example, it would have built 456,221 miles of road.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
It would have built TWO entire border walls with Mexico…
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
It could have funded the Department of the Treasury for three years, not that we really want to spend that much at Treasury.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
Speaking of Treasury, I see Joe Biden says he intends to nominate Janet Yellen, former chair of the Federal Reserve to run the treasury. Talk about letting the fox in the henhouse. AUDIT THE FED! AUDIT THE TREASURY! AUDIT YELLEN AND BIDEN!! AUDIT EVERYTHING!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
Ok, now that I got that off my chest, back to the waste report.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
So this year, while the petty tyrants in many of our states closed the schools (against all science), Congress said oh, we can do better than that. So they spent $25 MILLION to teach English to rural, unemployed Romanians.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
They also spent $36 million to study why hair turns gray. I have a few theories on that, and they all have to do with being in the U.S. Senate with people who vote for the things in this waste report.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
They spent $1.5m to get Eastern Mediterranean kids to stop smoking hookah. Then they said hey, let’s go all out, and snuck a bunch of new rules about shipping vape products in the omnibus bill this week.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
They spent $3m to interview San Franciscans about edible cannabis use. Really. They must not have spent a lot of time around people who love cannabis. You do NOT need to pay them to talk about it.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
What’s next, government funding to get people to post more about their CrossFit and Keto programs?
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
The government is never content to just waste money normally. They have to really put their shoulders into it. So this year, the Defense Department spent $1 BILLION in funds intended for Covid relief on unrelated acquisitions.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
In my favorite WTF moment of the #Festivus Waste report: Your government spent $4.5 million to spray alcoholic rats with bobcat urine.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
I do this all day long, and I swear to God I don’t even know what that means.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
Your betters have spent a lot of this year reminding you the rules don’t apply to them. French Laundry dinners. Traveling for holidays while promoting restrictions for you, the stories seem to come up all the time
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
It came up in the bill this week too when they spent $20 million to rebuild a runway for private planes on Nantucket.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
Speaking of what they petty tyrants do for themselves, I would like to congratulate Governor Whitmer of Michigan on her new role as Head of Hogwarts. pic.twitter.com/yiRMF7yFda
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
I wonder if her husband is still on the naughty list for trying to violate her lockdown rules… https://t.co/0C0XtffzUu
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
We could sit here all day and talk about petty tyrants both thinking they should run your life, and then thinking the rules don’t apply to them. No one in government who shut down a business lost a paycheck. Think about that.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
They have no skin in the game. Close the schools? No problem? Close your restaurant? Don’t worry. Here’s $600.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
These are also the same type of people who have been telling you for YEARS to sneeze and cough into your elbow, then during Covid, told you to tap elbows instead of shaking hands.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
They’re the same people who think that COVID must spread after 10pm only, or that it makes sense to mandate a mask to enter a restaurant, only to take it off 10 feet later at your table.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
One of the things both the waste and the actions of petty tyrants should show us — DO NOT BLINDLY TRUST those in power. Think for yourselves. Protect your freedom.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
I would be remiss if I didn’t talk for a minute about my friend President Trump.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
I have met with him, golfed with him, and been on Air Force One. I’ve had meals with him (he orders). Everyone asks me how well he listens to me, and I tell them I hope so, but its not clear because I’m not sure I’ve gotten a word in yet.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
This is a holiday made up by a guy from Queens with a dream, a big mouth and a lot fo grievances. It really is the ultimate holiday for my friend the President, and I hope he continues to celebrate it as well as he did last night in his pre-Festivus rant.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
He gave some excellent examples of waste we need to stop. I’ve got a few more for you before I sign off today…
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
The Department of Defense spent $174,000,000.00 supplying drones to the Afghan National Army and then subsequently lost them. Read more here: https://t.co/BU1CjiZdgS pic.twitter.com/mMFXljxctL
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
The National Institutes of Health is spending five years and $1,039,544.00 to try to help people get over their fears of going to the dentist. Read more here: https://t.co/BU1CjiZdgS pic.twitter.com/dVi9Ormo63
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
The National Science Foundation is spending $199,864.00 to see how people cooperate while playing e-sport video games. Read more here: https://t.co/BU1CjiZdgS pic.twitter.com/bpBROIbJVh
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
U.S. Agency for International Development is spending $10,000,000.00 and 5 years to attempt to improve Zimbabwe’s political process. Read more here: https://t.co/BU1CjiZdgS pic.twitter.com/tQycTbrQT9
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
That’s all from me for today folks. A lot of waste. A lot of ridiculousness from petty tyrants. A lot of grievances…
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
But now that we have that all aired, let’s take some time to celebrate the real holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your families. Enjoy a little break if you can, and let’s all pray for a better 2021.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2020
Related:
‘You’re no better than the Democrats’: Sen. Rand Paul rips Republicans who voted for ‘a bunch of socialist spending’ https://t.co/MdT0uaKqYG
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 23, 2020
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