On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul released his 2021 "Festivus" Report, which detailed a total of $52,598,515,585 in government waste.
Paul is chairman of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee for the Homeland Security and is on the Governmental Affairs Committee.
This marks Dr. Paul's and the subcommittee's seventh edition of the Festivus Report, which the Senator described as a way to "Alert the American people to how their federal government uses their hard-earned money."
"Happy Festivus! How can 2021 already be coming to a close? What a year it's been," the report begins.
"While some in Washington insist on recklessly spending your taxpayer dollars, I will continue to shed light on some of the most egregious examples of government waste, and fight against excessive federal spending."
Based on the reported government waste of $52,598,515,585, Sen. Paul pointed out that, with an average taxpayer bill of $15,332, the federal government "Wasted the taxes of 3,430,636 people."
The report stated that $40,316,270,000 was wasted on COVID-19, including $4.29 billion in "Bad loans out of the Paycheck Protection Program," as much as $36 billion in "Wasted unemployment insurance payments," and $1.27 million in "COVID relief funds for students who actually weren't enrolled" in one Baltimore school.
Friday, December 24, 2021
Rand Paul's 2021 'Festivus Report' Uncovers $52 Billion Of Government Waste
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