Sen. Paul Releases ‘Festivus’ Report Detailing $900 Billion in Wasteful Spending

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released his annual “Festivus” report on Dec. 22, documenting around $900 billion in wasteful U.S. government spending. The report includes the Treasury Department spending $659 billion to pay interest on the almost-$34 trillion in national debt, $33.2 million in NIH experimenting on monkeys on a South Carolina island, $400.6 million sitting in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Account, federal taxpayer dollars that those running for the White House can access, and $6 million by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to boost tourism in Egypt, a U.S. ally. “What’s next—rebuilding the pyramids?” asks Mr. Paul in the report....