The Republican was discussing the impact of the sequestration on the federal government during his speech at the Competitive Enterprise Institute Dinner Thursday night when he began rattling off a list of programs that could be cut to save Washington money.

He even thinks that Obama “ought to be ashamed of himself” for how he handled the aftermath of sequestration. 

“Our president said he could never cut anything,” Paul said during his speech. “We’ve cut things to the bone… So I made up a list. It took  me about 5 minutes.”

Below are five examples of wasted spending Paul mentioned during his speech at the CEI dinner.

1. Rehiring

“Why don’t we not rehire the people who retire. That’s $6 billion a year.”

2. Travel

“I mean there’s a few less Star Trek conferences for the IRS.”

3. Robotic squirrels

“I think we could do without the robotic squirrel,” Paul said. “The scientists had a question and here was their question… Their question was ‘Will a rattle snake strike a squirrel when it’s not wagging its tail?,’  but they couldn’t get a squirrel to volunteer to not wag its tail, so they had to get a robotic squirrel…And guess what? A rattle snake will bite the you know what out of a squirrel that’s not wagging it’s tail. That cost you $300,000.”

4. Menu for Mars

“After two weeks living in Hawaii, these college kids that were living in your basement came up with pizza,” Paul concluded. “That was $500,000.”

5. Roll-up beef jerky

“We spent $1.8 million on roll-up beef jerky…”

All joking aside, however, the senator did bring up some serious concerns at the dinner. He explained how one of the biggest lessons he’s learned from the senate is that our “laws are not written by the legislature…they’re also written by the regulatory bureaucracy.”

“It makes a big difference since you can’t get rid of them,” he added. “We’ve let government get away from us.”

He also made a plea for a 17 percent personal income tax, a key feature of his fiscal year 2014 budget, to the donors at the dinner.

“Let’s be for what we are. Let’s not be ashamed of what we’re for. We’re for tax reductions,” he said.