Known for his fantastic Twitter tirades, in particular, his annual Festivus tweets, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul once again uses Twitter to demonstrate the outrageous waste his staff has uncovered in the current budget being debated on the Senate floor. This is being coordinated with his speech on the Senate floor.
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 17, 2018
Perhaps the most egregious thing uncovered is an unfinished hotel in Afghanistan that cost US taxpayers $90 Million, along with another $50 Million in unused equipment. And the hotel will never be completed.
This is a hotel in Afghanistan. The government wasted $90 million for a hotel that will never be finished. US tax dollars paid for this. $90 million flushed down the toilet. pic.twitter.com/UXMXxTJff7
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 17, 2018
Also in Afghanistan, they shred new equipment and destroy it. Your tax dollars pay for it they destroy it. pic.twitter.com/cPKT7Uvgy1
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 17, 2018
Did you know that we’re paying millions of dollars for things such as studying the effects of cocaine on quails, sending Pakistani kids to Space Camp and Dollywood (yes, a Dolly Parton owned theme park), sponsoring an Afghani Cricket team, a climate change based video game, and to see if taking selfies makes someone happy?
Even MORE waste: study on the sex habits of quail on cocaine, sea monsters and the supernatural, kids from Pakistani get trips to space camp and Dollywood. We need a taxpayer advocate on these grant committees to oversee how your money is used. pic.twitter.com/sAy15M4Y7n
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 17, 2018
Where else do they waste your money? Selfies. But of course we can't cut spending or balance the budget. pic.twitter.com/Ega6xkmEr7
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 17, 2018
it continues…$850k for a televised national cricket league, $450k for a video game on climate change. pic.twitter.com/aNy0iXvmAW
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) May 17, 2018
This is all part of Dr. Senator Paul’s new “Penny Plan Budget”, which would cut a penny from every dollar spent and, theoretically, balance the budget by 2023. We’ll see if the Republicans will be the conservative party and pass his plan or if the wasteful spending will continue.
Video of his Senate floor speech is up on C Span, starting around the 25:00 minute mark: https://www.c-span.org/video/?445723-1/us-senate-debates-budget-proposal.
