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By U.S. Sen. Dr. Rand PaulR-KentuckyWASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), chairman of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight (ETSO) Subcommittee for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), has released his 2021 Festivus Report, totaling over $52,598,515,585 billion in government waste.

This marks Dr. Pauls and the subcommittees seventh edition of the Festivus Report as he continues working to alert the American people to how their federal government uses their hard-earned money.

How can 2021 already be coming to a close? What a year its been. It seems like just yesterday when the national debt was $20 trillion, but now the U.S. has managed to breeze past $28 trillion. And, its safe to say that some big changes have occurred since last years Festivus Report.

Mask mandates, travel restrictions and lock-downs were lifted across many parts of the country. President Biden was inaugurated. Inflation has skyrocketed. The Kardashians finally ended their TV show after 14 years. Dad bod was officially added to Websters Dictionary.

And how about the federal government? Well, unsurprisingly, it managed to keep spending money we dont have on things we dont need.

Readers of the Platinum Pig Awards may recall my Penny Plan Balanced Budget. Only a few years ago, we could have balanced the budget by cutting only one penny off every dollar spent by the Federal government now, we need to cut five.

2021 began with Congress spending even more money and approving a $3.5 trillion Budget Resolution. I attempted to lessen the blow by introducing a series of 48 amendments, including my Five Penny Plan, which unfortunately did not pass.

The speed in which our debt is growing means we need ever more vigorous solutions to solve this growing problem.

Youd almost think the governments annual New Year Resolution is to spend moreand more money. Well, it is. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projectsmore than $1.2 trillion in deficits for Fiscal Year 2022.

In fact, CBO states Congress spent $6.8 trillion in Fiscal Year 2021, $266 billion more than FY2020. Why continue to recklessly spend taxpayers money when debt held by the public is already at 103% of GDP?

This year, I am highlighting a whopping $52,598,515,585 of waste, including a studyof pigeons gambling on slot machines, giving kids junk food and telling citizens of Vietnamnot to burn their trash.

No matter how much moneys already been wasted, politicians keep demanding even more. But dont worry, I will continue to fight against government waste.

So, before we get to the Feats of Strength, its time for my airing of (spending) grievances.

Sections are broken down into COVID-19 spending, Afghanistan, and Miscellaneous.

You can find Dr. Pauls 2021 Festivus Report at https://www.paul.senate.gov/sites/default/files/page-attachments/Festivus%20Report%202021_0.pdf.

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