U.S. Senator Rand Paul speaking with attendees at the 2015 Iowa Growth & Opportunity Party at the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore)

Festivus may have been made popular by “Seinfeld,” but fiscal conservatives have come to associate the day with one person: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R – KY). Senator Paul uses the secular holiday designed to ā€˜air grievancesā€™ to do just that…but with a twist. He takes to Twitter every year and shares his grievances about government, particularly government spending. 

So, in honor of this yearā€™s Twitter rant, here are the best grievances shared by Sen. Paul: 

As fiscal conservatives, we can hope that there is not as much wasteful spending to highlight next year. But, realistically, there will always be problems in government to highlight. Tune in on Festivus 2022 to find out which ones Sen. Paul finds worth tweeting about, and in the meantime, read the full report his office puts out every year detailing wasteful spending. 

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