{"id":2402561,"date":"2025-02-14T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-highlights-reckless-government-spending-on-foreign-aid-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T07:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:01:36","slug":"rand-paul-highlights-reckless-government-spending-on-foreign-aid-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-highlights-reckless-government-spending-on-foreign-aid-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul highlights \u2018reckless\u2019 government spending on foreign aid &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frand-paul-highlights-reckless-government-spending-on-foreign-aid-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402561&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Rand\u200c Paul has recently highlighted concerns regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-nearly-triples-estimated-amount-covid-fraudsters-stole-in-unemployment-benefits\/\" title=\"New report triples estimated Covid fraudsters&#039; unemployment benefit theft.\">excessive \u200cgovernment spending<\/a> on\u200b foreign aid during a hearing focused on eliminating waste in this area. Emphasizing the nation\u2019s $36 trillion debt, Paul criticized the\u200b allocation of billions to foreign projects that he views as both ineffective and harmful. \u200bNotably, he cited \u2063specific expenditures \u200csuch as \u2064$4.8 million for\u2063 Ukraine&#8217;s public affairs, $2.1 million for paraguayan border \u200dsecurity, and\u2062 funds for promoting \u200dgender-affirming \u2064care in Guatemala. He contended \u2064that \u200bthe U.S. should reassess its\u200c foreign\u200b aid \u200bbudget\u200b to reduce the national\u200b debt and better serve its own citizens. Paul\u2064 advocates for accountability in\u2064 government spending, arguing against\u200b the notion of the U.S. being a global &#8220;piggy bank.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rand Paul highlights &lsquo;reckless&rsquo; government spending on foreign aid<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Government spending has received extra scrutiny since President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> began his second term on Jan. 20. With the inception of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>, numerous revelations have been discovered on what the government spends in billions of dollars of taxpayer money. However, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY), the original critic of wasteful spending, led the Hearing on Eliminating Waste by the Foreign Aid Bureaucracy on Thursday, further probing the government&rsquo;s funding programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Paul, the chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (which is responsible for &ldquo;prudent oversight of the entire government, including its spending of taxpayer dollars&rdquo;), highlighted specific instances of foreign spending that he deemed &rdquo; reckless.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our country is $36 trillion in debt, yet we continue to send billions of dollars overseas, often funding projects that are not just useless but, in many cases, actively harmful,&rdquo; Paul said in his opening remarks. &ldquo;Taking the path to fiscal responsibility is often a lonely journey, but thanks to Elon Musk and DOGE, they&rsquo;ve brought to light the waste I&rsquo;ve been highlighting over the last decade.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1992974\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For years, Paul has been the preeminent tracker of wasteful government spending. He&rsquo;s released his findings <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3268603\/rand-paul-2024-festivus-report\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">annually in his Festivus Report<\/a>, which typically highlights some of the most outlandish programs that the U.S. government funds. This year&rsquo;s revelations featured the ominous fiscal reality that the government will add &ldquo;over $6.4 billion of debt every single day for the next ten years, borrowing over $268 million every hour, $4.5 million every minute, and over $74,401 every second.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most egregious spending involved foreign aid programs, which Paul noted in his remarks. He then provided a list of the millions of dollars that the U.S. government spent taxpayer money on in foreign countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me give you just a few examples of what these unelected bureaucrats are spending your hard-earned money on,&rdquo; Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>Among the expenditures was $4.8 million for Ukraine&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-sarah-paulson-talks-finding-the-humanity-in-clinton-whistleblower-linda-tripp\/\" title=\"Actress Sarah ...son Talks \u2018Finding The Humanity\u2019 In Clinton Whistleblower Linda Tripp\">public affairs office<\/a>, funding social media influencers, $2.1 million for border security enhancements in the country of Paraguay, $2 million spent by USAID on transgender surgeries, hormone therapy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-loves-me-10-year-old-trans-child-quotes-bible-to-tell-tx-legislators-why-they-shouldnt-ban-trans-surgeries-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"\u2018God Loves Me\u2019: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible To Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn\u2019t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures For Minors\">gender-affirming care<\/a> in Guatemala, an unspecified amount to send Ukrainian women-led designers to the Paris Fashion Show, $3 million on promoting &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">girl-centered climate action&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in Brazil, $20 million to produce a &ldquo;Sesame Street show&rdquo; in Iraq, $6 million spent by USAID on promoting sustainable tourism in Egypt and another $87.9 million &ldquo;to help Afghans farm poppy<em>.<\/em>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There were many other examples.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to ask a simple question: Why are we borrowing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pushes-new-policies-for-special-session-to-aid-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DeSantis pushes new policies for special session to aid Trump - Washington Examiner\">send money overseas<\/a>?&rdquo; Paul asked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The senator hypothesized that the country could save billions simply by auditing its spending on other countries. Furthermore, he suggested that doing so could significantly decrease the national debt and &ldquo;take care of the American people &mdash; the very people who actually pay these taxes in the first place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is time for real change,&rdquo; Paul said. &ldquo;America should not continue to be the world&rsquo;s piggy bank. It is time to end the waste of the foreign aid bureaucracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1992974\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1992974\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rand Paul criticizes &#8216;reckless&#8217; foreign aid spending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2402562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[49208,32412,38952,37448,32076],"class_list":["post-2402561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-foreign-aid","tag-government-spending","tag-rand-paul","tag-reckless-spending","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Paul-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402565,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402561\/revisions\/2402565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}