U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released his 2024 "Festivus" Report, totaling $1,008,313,329,626.12 in government waste.

Some of the highlights include the National Endowment for the Arts funding ice-skating drag queens and promoting city park circuses. Additionally, the Department of the Interior (DOI) invested in the construction of a brand new $12 million Las Vegas Pickleball complex. DOI also allocated $720,479 to wetland conservation projects for ducks in Mexico. This year, the Department of State is featured eleven times, with expenditures including $4.8 million on Ukrainian influencers, $32,596 on breakdancing, $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security, $3 Million for 'Girl-Centered Climate Action' in Brazil, and much more!

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The truly sad part is that people EXPECT federal spending to be rife with fraud, waste and self serving politicians and really don't get too worked up when they see this kind of thing. "A trillion dollars of my tax money wasted? Oh well, what can you do? Just Washington being Washington."

**Government Waste and Mismanagement: A Summary**

1. **Ghost Towns on the Government's Dime**: The federal government has spent $10 billion on maintaining, leasing, and furnishing nearly empty buildings.

2. **Pandemic Plunder**: A Florida man embezzled $8 million in COVID-19 relief funds to purchase an island and more.

3. **Taxpayer Funds for Disinformation**: The Department of State (DOS) allocated $330,000 to fund the censorship of non-liberal and conservative media.

4. **Snack Attack**: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $2 million grant to study children's reactions to Facebook ads about food.

5. **Direct File Fail**: Congress wasted $15 million attempting to improve the Internal Revenue Service's processes.

6. **Hold on to Your Steering Wheels:** The Department of Energy (DOE) invested $15.5 billion to encourage Americans to switch to electric vehicles, even if they don't want them.

7. **The Influencer Effect Hits Foreign Policy:** The Department of State (DOS) spent $4,840,082 on social media influencers.

8. **Girls Just Wanna Have Funds:** The Department of State (DOS) allocated $3 million for 'Girl-Centered Climate Action' initiatives in Brazil.

*9. **When Bailouts Go Bust:** The United States Department of the Treasury (USDT) granted a $700 million pandemic-era loan to a failed trucking company.

10. **Interest-ingly Wasteful:** Americans are projected to pay $892 billion in fiscal year 2024 on the interest accrued from the federal government's debt.

What is girl centered climate change?

Sounds irrational.

Every year it feels more and more hopeless to correct this. Politicians on both sides are addicted to ridiculous spending to buy off key constituencies.

I think once a month the climate just freaks out for a few days.

just scratches the surface of government waste.

even spending towards something that a majority of Americans would approve of gets wasted through bloat and grift.

honestly no problem for ducks as they are migratory and if you can conserve their wintering grounds it benefits the american populace.

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What is climate change?

Sounds irrational.

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honestly no problem for ducks as they are migratory and if you can conserve their wintering grounds it benefits the american populace.

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definitely sounds worthy of confiscating personal property under threat of prison for

Ag06Law said:

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Every year it feels more and more hopeless to correct this. Politicians on both sides are addicted to ridiculous spending to buy off key constituencies.

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Who TF are the key constituents in Mexico, Paraguay, and Brazil?

Bocephus said:

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Ag06Law said:

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Every year it feels more and more hopeless to correct this. Politicians on both sides are addicted to ridiculous spending to buy off key constituencies.

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Who TF are the key constituents in Mexico, Paraguay, and Brazil?

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Just follow the money back to the rep who put that item in the bill. There will almost always be some kind of a tie to someone in their district who benefits from it in some way.

I guess we found out how those caravans coming thru Mexico are being funded.

Some of these are likely black budget funds meant to balance out the checkbook. That being said, the amount of stuff that is expected to be paid for by the federal government these days is baffling.

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I guess we found out how those caravans coming thru Mexico are being funded.

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Oh, we all know who has been openly funding them...George Soros' Open Society Foundation. That funds the on the ground recruitment organizations in conjunction with the cartels.

When Jay Valentine really gets going on revealing all of the dark money and money laundering operations using thousands of NGOs, hope a criminal referral happens.

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What is girl centered climate change?

Sounds irrational.

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What is a girl?

Remember this when the scum start complaining about how we can't afford to make the trump tax cuts permanent.

Keller6Ag91 said:

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Let's cut $2T in spending from the 2026 Budget (2025 is already done).

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WTF is already done? Some number on a piece of paper? Budgets are slashed midstream all the time in business. Government spending should be no different. Start cutting Jan 20.