Posted on 02/28/2018 8:20:37 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent more than $31,000 on a new table and chairs for the dining room adjacent to Secretary Ben Carson's office — revelations that came just months after an official that warned against high expenses was moved to a new role within the department.
The former senior HUD official, Helen Foster, has since filed a complaint that she was demoted in retaliation for raising concerns about granting extra funds to redecorate Carson's office and other issues within the department.
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What wrong with paper plates?
I is disgusterated.
The media did this to Nancy Reagan when she ordered new china.
Was the media ever concerned about Obama’s vacations with an entourage of hundreds?
Compare it to Obama, someone please. Especially the wookie.
Something very fake about all this...
Why a dining room?
You mean when they spent less than usual on Ben Carson, meanwhile trying to make it sound like it was too much?
Suddenly FAKENEWS ABC is concerned about too much government spending.
You mean why are they trying to assassinate Carson’s character?
Michelle has own makeup artist on trips.
$31,000 for a 12 or 16 place setting of good quality including chairs, delivery and setup is not outrageous.
What is wrong with any Mikasa on sale? Truthfully a Walmart set is to damn good for the Gov free loaders.
If it’s listed on 1st dibs - trust me...it is OUTRAGEOUS!
Both links take me to “Oops! Page Unavailable.”
Carson comes across as a modest man. What a hoot. There’s nothing modest about grandiose spending just because it’s taxpayer money and then punishing those who point it out.
“The Reagans were often criticized for the $209,508 cost. The china was not funded by taxpayers, and was paid for by a J.P. Knapp Foundation donation.”
White House china - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_china
Come on, now. He can eat at his f*cking desk or the cafeteria like the rest of us. Spending $31k of taxpayers’ money on a private dining room table is ridiculous, and is exactly the type of government waste that this Administration should be stopping!
This smells like a setup to me.
I don’t believe that Ben Carson craves an expensive dining set.
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