Serbian cheese, nicotine-addicted fish: Rowdy Rand Paul exposes bizarre wastes of taxpayer dollars

[basquebromance]

https://www.paul.senate.gov/sites/default/files/page-attachments/Fall2019WasteReport.pdf

According to Paul’s report, the federal government spent $700,000 in taxpayer dollars funding research about getting fish addicted to nicotine, $85,000 buying a statue from Bob Dylan, and $300,000 to fund debate and Model United Nations competitions in Afghanistan.

The US government also wasted 16 million taxpayer dollars trying to improve education. This is a noble goal, but there's just one problem: The money was sent to Egypt. Another $33 million went to buying students in Afghanistan textbooks, while the government also deemed it necessary to allocate $22 million to improving the quality of Serbian cheese.

That's a lot of cheese.

Yes, seriously. These are only a few examples, but the total waste calculated in just this one report ran up to $230 million.

In a time when Democratic presidential candidates such as Crazy Bernie are saying that “billionaires shouldn’t exist” and pushing massive big-government programs, it’s an absolutely crucial message to remember. When Democrats advocate for higher taxes and more spending, what they’re really saying is that they think the government knows better than you how to spend your money best.

 

[Oddball]

Can't wait for his annual airing of the grievances.

 

[Maxdeath]

https://www.paul.senate.gov/sites/default/files/page-attachments/Fall2019WasteReport.pdf

According to Paul’s report, the federal government spent $700,000 in taxpayer dollars funding research about getting fish addicted to nicotine, $85,000 buying a statue from Bob Dylan, and $300,000 to fund debate and Model United Nations competitions in Afghanistan.

The US government also wasted 16 million taxpayer dollars trying to improve education. This is a noble goal, but there's just one problem: The money was sent to Egypt. Another $33 million went to buying students in Afghanistan textbooks, while the government also deemed it necessary to allocate $22 million to improving the quality of Serbian cheese.

That's a lot of cheese.

Yes, seriously. These are only a few examples, but the total waste calculated in just this one report ran up to $230 million.

In a time when Democratic presidential candidates such as Crazy Bernie are saying that “billionaires shouldn’t exist” and pushing massive big-government programs, it’s an absolutely crucial message to remember. When Democrats advocate for higher taxes and more spending, what they’re really saying is that they think the government knows better than you how to spend your money best.

You act surprised. The government has been shoveling tax payers dollars out the door for more years then anyone can count.
Then you have idiots yelling about the debt. We need to kick most of the turds out of congress and not allow anyone in unless they are fiscally responsible.

I would be much happier if we could not find a single soul that was responsible enough to allow a seat in congress.