The Melting Pot

It’s Festivus For The Rest Of Us

23 December 2023
KITDAFBS

It’s Christmas eve eve, and time for the airing of the grievances.

Let’s start with Senator Paul’s annual Festivus report on federal waste. He lays out $900 billion worth of government waste, fraud and abuse.

You can read the entire report here, But here are the lowlights:

  •  Barbie Doll Photo Used to Get COVID PPP Funds…………………….portion of $800,000,000,000
  •  In the RED: Interest on Our National Debt is Expensive ……………..…………….$659,000,000,000
  •  Dr. Fauci’s Monkey Business on NIH’s “Monkey Island”……………………..………..….$33,200,000
  •  USAID Fund to Boost Egyptian Tourism…………………………………………………………………$6,000,000
  •  USDA’s Cutting-Edge Research: Walking Dogs in the Summer……………………………..Unknown
  •  DHS Training Employees to Be Their “Authentic & Best Selves”……………..……………..Unknown
  •  Russian Cats-On-A-Treadmill Studies Funded by NIH……………………..…..portion of $2,700,000
  •  The Government Pays Dead People … Again!…..…………………………………………$38,000,000
  •  DOD’s Lobster Tank………………………………………………………………………………….$8,395
  •  How to Ruin Expensive Military Equipment Part 1: Engines………………………………$89,000,000
  •  How to Ruin Expensive Military Equipment Part 2: Transmissions……………………….$12,600,000
  •  How to Ruin Expensive Military Equipment Part 3: Tank Treads………………………….$68,000,000
  •  “Real Fake”: DHS’s 1st Graphic Novel About Disinformation…………………………………Unknown
  •  DHS’s 2nd Graphic Novel: COVID Disinformation…………..…………………………………Unknown
  •  NIH’s Meth-Head Monkeys………………………………………………………portion of $12,000,000
  •  Treasury’s Pot of Cash for Political Campaigns……………………………….……….…$400,000,000
  •  NIH’s Monkey Casino: Gambling for Drinking Water………………….………..portion of $3,700,000
  •  SBA’s Ticket to Backstage………………………………………………….……………….$200,000,000
  •  Studying COVID-19 “Misinformation” On Social Media In Black & Rural Communities…$3,800,000
  •  Dr. Fauci’s Transgender Monkey Study…………………………………………………………$477,121
  •  Whoopsie: Improper Federal Payments………………………………………………$236,000,000,000
  •  FLASHBACK: The Government Likes Its Gambling Monkeys…………………………….…$171,000

The ones that caught my eye were the $178.6 million in ruined engines, transmissions and tracks. I mean they’re all eye opening, but those three items stick out. Had I signed for those items and they wound up in that condition, I’d still be paying them off.

I also have a major issue with the $236 billion in improper payments. I got overpaid once in the Army and they clawed back the entire amount from my next paycheck as soon as they found out about it. No calls, no nothing, warning me that’s what they were going to do.

So MVAP, who or what do you have a problem with, it’s time for the airing of the grievances. Sound off in the comments below.