ARCHIVAL PHOTO. A ferret. © Getty Images / Annaissakova
The U.S. government spent over $1.6 trillion this year on programs that are wasteful, specified as the survey of drinking ferrets in excess and serving cocaine dogs, as reported by Senator Rand Paul's latest yearly study "Festivus Report".
In the issue ‘Kentucky Republican’ of the 2025 year reported a full of $1,639, 135,969,608 wasted, including $1.22 trillion spent on the repayment of interest on US public debt, which reached nearly $40 trillion.
Critic authors criticise spending $2.1 million on investigation by scientists on saliva sampling and polling participants at EDM festivals in fresh York City on drug use.
The National wellness Institutes (NIH) spent $5.2 million on administering cocaine to dogs, and over $13.8 million were funded by Beagle experiments.
Other highlighted projects include $14.6 million to force monkeys to play video game inspired by a movie ‘Price Is Right’, the process of screwing metallic posts into animal skulls.
The Veterans Department spent $1 million on a survey in which teenage ferrets were forced to consume alcohol.
The study besides addresses the diversity and spending of abroad aid.
It mentions $3.3 million allocated to Northwestern University for construction “Scientific districts’, appointment ‘Safe Space Ambassadors’ and establishment of committees "to combat systemic racism".
The State Department besides spent $244,252 on producing children's cartoons about climate change in Pakistan.
Paul besides criticised ineffective COVID-19-related spending, including over $40 million paid to influencers on social media for promoting vaccination among minorities.
USAID, disbanded in the summertime by U.S. president Donald Trump, besides reportedly spent $54 million on collecting and sending coronavirus samples at bats to Wuhan to carry out experiments on strengthening functions.
He besides noted that with $7.5 billion allocated to the time of erstwhile president Joe Biden to build 500,000 electrical vehicle loaders across the country, in fact there are only 68 stations running.
Many programs mentioned by Paul were approved during Biden's time.
Paul noted that although Trump has since reduced abroad spending, it is inactive ‘drip in the sea’, accusing legislature of "Dedicating money to favourite projects and group interests" At the expense of American taxpayers.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/630046-us-government-waste-2025/
