Rand Paul exposes 8 insane ways the feds wasted our money in 2021

FEE’s Brad Polumbo writes, “Every holiday season, Senator Rand Paul honors the fictional Seinfeld holiday ‘Festivus,’ an annual airing of grievances, with a report exposing how the federal government wastes taxpayers’ money. The libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican just released his latest report for 2021 and its findings are even worse than expected.

And that’s saying something.

Fake Students, Vacations for Random Koreans, and Fattening Up Eels: ⁦@RandPaul⁩ Exposes 8 Insane Ways the Feds Wasted Our Money in 2021 New from me ⬇️ https://t.co/LxpD3n1IGO

— Brad Polumbo ??⚽️ ?️‍? (@brad_polumbo) December 24, 2021

Senator Paul’s office documents $52.6 billion in waste, which is equivalent to wasting the taxes of 3.43 million Americans! The full 43-page report covers far too many egregious examples of government waste to list in one article. But here are 8 of the most outlandish ways the federal government wasted our money according to this year’s report.”

Read the entire column.