Take it out of their damn pay checks.
I wonder what kind of ‘conferences’ they were. Justice Department...hmm
That’s not too bad. Elliot Spitzer was paying over a grand for BUNS!
Personally, I think the serfs should carry them about on litters, while fanning them, keeping them shaded, and feeding them peeled grapes.
There was a quote from the Civil War on providing goods to the Union military that went something to the effect that you could sell anything to the government in any quantity at any price you had the nerve to charge. It’s obvious that is still in effect. I don’t excuse the idiot at the Justice Department who signed off on the bill. But how could the hotel charge anyone, even the government, $16 for a pastry?
$16.00 for a bran muffin!?!
And they’re still full of sh*t!
Minority-owned vendor?
follow the money
You can get a sausage mcmuffin at McDonalds for a buck.
In private sector - anyone caught doing this would be fired that day.
And this obviously is not a lone bad actor.
Someone has supervisory responsibility for these expense accounts. ANYONE with a signiture on this spending - needs to be fired for cause. TODAY.