Uncle Sam as Santa Claus: Wasteful spending under the tree

By Washington Examiner

Published December 28, 2017 5:01am ET

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Uncle Sam as Santa Claus: Wasteful spending under the tree — Sen. Rand Paul's office chronicled more than $560 million of wasteful spending in the federal budget, from taxpayer support for clown schools in Argentina, to develop a down marker that counts from 1st down to 4th down in LED lights, and building an expanded parking lot for a casino in Apache, Okla. (iStock Photos) | DNY59

While parents were busy buying gifts for their children earlier this month, the office of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was hard at work figuring out what gifts the federal treasury is handing out in the form of egregiously wasteful spending.

Paul’s office chronicled more than $560 million of wasteful spending in the federal budget, from taxpayer support for clown schools in Argentina ($324,015), to American vacations for British bloggers ($75,000), and a park bathroom in Queens, N.Y. ($1.5 million).

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