We could use more people in Washington like Senator Rand Paul (R-KY.) He’s one of the rarest of rare breeds in the federal government, a fiscal hawk – and he’s unapologetic about it, especially now, in the Festivus season, which he has adopted as part of an annual observation. Granted, the made-up holiday of Festivus didn’t start with the good senator. It was introduced to the national culture by comedian Jerry Stiller on the television show “Seinfeld,” as a sort of Christmas alternative; he described it as “Festivus, a holiday for the rest of us.” In the show’s canon, a part of the observance of Festivus was the airing of grievances.
When it comes to federal spending, Sen. Paul has some grievances to air, and since 2016, he has done so by releasing his annual Festivus Report detailing wasteful government spending – and as you can imagine, the federal budget…
