There are many traditions for ushering out the old year and ringing in the new, and among those to be enjoyed with a stiff drink and a sense of grim humor is Sen. Rand Paul's (R–Ky.) annual Festivus report on government waste. This year's edition may require a taller glass than usual as it documents $1.6 trillion squandered on everything from questionable science to social engineering schemes and even projects that show all the hallmarks of having been brainstormed as alternatives to piling money in heaps and setting them on fire.
