Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), returned $600,000 to the US Treasury today.
Impounding has fallen out of disuse since President Richard Nixon attempted to implement the New Federalism, yet failed to do so because of the encroaching Watergate scandal.
Thomas Jefferson impounded more money than any other President.
He refused to spend taxpayer dollars on wastefulm, extravagant projects.
He refused to leave a legacy of debt for future generations.
Senator Paul has put his money where his mouth is, literally.
He even had the media savvy to write out a huge, cardboard check with the amount, then return it to the United States Treasury.
He has also proposed a brilliant idea which should cut down on the waste, misuse, and fraud in the federal government:
reward federal workers for stopping waste or with coming up with ideas for limiting the waste of taxpayer dollars.
Bravo, Senator Rand Paul.
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