To date, the federal government has spent over $3 trillion allegedly trying to fight COVID-19. That number continues to climb as Democrats and the Biden administration push for more funding to help them defeat the coronavirus and supposedly save humanity. But while trillions of dollars can be hard to comprehend, apparently, that isn’t the worst thing the government has spent taxpayer money on.

Giving just a few examples of what Americans are paying for, Fox News’ Jesse Watters revealed that $2.3 million was spent on seafood equity.

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Sadly, that was just the start. Take a look. 

In the video above, Watters broke down the list of government spending, saying, “So the government is good at two things, fighting wars and spending our money. And every year Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, great state, compiles all this crap into a long list of government waste. Langford highlights, you ready? More than $10 trillion on this ridiculous spending. The most expensive item on the list this year, the $2 billion Joe Biden wasted by not building the border wall. You knew about that already. But you probably didn’t hear about this – $2.3 million dollars we spent, our money, on seafood equity, because every scallop deserves to be treated fairly. And then there’s the 500 grand we spent renovating a ski jump at a club in New Hampshire [at] which Democrat Senators ski. Another 3 million went to fishing in Guam. Who doesn’t love fishing?”

That wasn’t all, as the host outrageously admitted, “Guess how much we paid two authors to write about Russian art? $120,000. I hope you really read this report because you guys paid for it. We paid for this. We paid Russians to write things about art. That’s not how I save the world. But all these projects pale in comparison to my favorite item on the list. 15 grand on a monkey opera. It’s called ‘Monkey, a kung fu puppet parable’, and it’s exactly what it sounds like, an opera about monkeys.”

After showing a small clip of the monkey opera, Republican Senator John Kennedy chimed in with his own list. “You left some out. I have seen the federal government for example give $530,000 to a group called Hookers for Jesus. I have seen the federal government spend $2.1 million for sex education for Ethiopian prostitutes. And I could continue with other examples of spending porn. And every time that Congress allows this to happen, it’s as if Congress is taking a Great Dane sized whiz down the leg of every taxpayer in America.”

As for how the government waste can be stopped, Sen. Kennedy noted, “A lot of the indifference and in some cases opposition came from Republicans, at least in the Senate. I can tell you that the vast majority of Senators, they talk a good game on fiscal responsibility, but it’s like going to heaven, everybody wants to go to heaven, nobody is quite ready to make the trip.”   

This piece was written by Zach Heilman on April 28, 2022. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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