"Dr. Paul’s Festivus Waste Report, now in its fourth year, shines a spotlight on some of the wasteful spending and misplaced priorities that have helped the federal government place taxpayers on the hook for a debt that is rapidly closing in on $22 trillion," Paul said in a press release on Friday.
Highlights of the report include providing over $76 million in stipends to soldiers in the Somali National Army, devoting over $650,000 to develop a drama series in the Pashto, or Pushtu language to air on Afghan TV, spending up to $1 million on helping support and develop the legislative process in Libya," the release said.
The US government also devoted $50,000 to teaching female entrepreneurs in India how to "vlog" on a State Department program, spent $75,000 using leaf-blowers against lizards and $874,000 to study the sexual habits of quail birds on cocaine, the report said.
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