The U.S. federal government, via its National Institute of Health (NIH), gave more than $465,000 to Portland, Oregon's Reed College to fund a study on gambling that taught pigeons to play slot machines.
Sen. Paul released a statement to the Daily Wire in which he noted, "It seems like just yesterday the national debt was $20 trillion, but now the U.S. has managed to breeze past $28 trillion, spending and wasting more than we ever have."
But remember, Sen. Paul, that people are happier after hearing good news. So let's focus on the fact that we now have pigeons capable of playing slot machines.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/sen_rand_paul_releases_annual_festivus_report.html
Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) on Wednesday released his annual "Festivus Report," this year reportedly uncovering a whopping $52 billion in wasted federal government dollars — which he said went toward things like a study on gambling that paid for pigeons to play slot machines and another study verifying that, yes, kids crave junk food.
As Congress-critters go, Rand Paul seems most level-headed. How he remains so in that environment remains a mystery.