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DOJ AUDIT: $16 muffins, cups of coffee for $8.25 (TTL $ went from 47.8 mil in 08 to 73.3 mil in 09)
pcu ^ | 09/20/2011 | doj

Posted on 09/20/2011 8:19:50 AM PDT by milwguy

DOJ AUDIT: $16 muffins, cups of coffee for $8.25… (First column, 2nd story, link ) Related stories: Spent $121 million on conferences in two years..

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: audit; broke; debt; doj; dojmuffins; holder; millions; muffins; obama; spending
The REAL scandal is not the $16 muffins or $8.25 cups of coffee, it is that spending by DOJ under ERIC HOLDER for conferences went up by OVER 53% from what it was under Bush Administration.

Just as Barry uses AF1, the White House, and the US TREASURY as his personal piggy bank, it seems Holder has the same regard for taxpayers money over at the Dept of Justice.

Ol Barry claimed he was going to go through the budget line by line to identify waste and save money. Just as he and Holder claim to be clueless about Fast and Furious, it seems they are as clueless about the enormous waste of taxpayer $ on gov't employee junkets.

1 posted on 09/20/2011 8:19:58 AM PDT by milwguy
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To: milwguy

Must’ve bought from Starbucks :-)


2 posted on 09/20/2011 8:21:42 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Obama's presidency is shovel-ready; let's bury it in 2012!)
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/-extravagant-spending-16-muffins-found-at-justice-conferences.html

Link to Bloomberg story, but one should go to Drudge and click on the link for the Inspector General’s report and go to page 4 to see the total $ spent on Dept of Justice junkets over the years 2005-2009.


3 posted on 09/20/2011 8:22:02 AM PDT by milwguy
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Why are we paying for such stuff?
My employer doesn’t...............


4 posted on 09/20/2011 8:25:25 AM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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I'm sure those are legitimate costs. The Obama DOJ presumably goes only to unionized venues where it costs $45 to turn on the lights, and $150 to run an extension cord. The coffee is a bargain at the price quoted.
5 posted on 09/20/2011 8:29:37 AM PDT by sphinx
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how many SEIU members does it take to make a pot of coffee?


6 posted on 09/20/2011 8:33:11 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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how many SEIU members does it take to make a pot of coffee?

We don't know yet. As soon as they turn it on and it starts to work, somebody yells "Scab!" and hits it with a baseball bat.

7 posted on 09/20/2011 8:36:59 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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$16 muffins!!
WOW
If Mz Obama sneaks into these meetings and starts woofing down $16 muffins, this might end up requiring another increase to the debt ceiling.
SS
8 posted on 09/20/2011 8:52:46 AM PDT by TWhiteBear (Jobs, Peace, Food, Security .... Down with Obama(Peacefully))
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To: tacticalogic

“And it starts to work”
That, is a good one.


9 posted on 09/20/2011 9:00:37 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: milwguy

Just another way for the SEIU to funnel taxpayer money to Democratic campaigns.


10 posted on 09/20/2011 9:18:03 AM PDT by nonamer
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I paid $8.00 for a cup of coffee at a Gloria Jean's in an airport in Istanbul. My only excuse is that it was early, and without the caffeine, I couldn't calculate the exchange rate... :0(
11 posted on 09/20/2011 9:45:31 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Greed + Envy = Liberalism)
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Wonder what added ingredients were in those muffins...?


12 posted on 09/20/2011 10:00:42 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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