One thing that Americans can be sure: at any time, somewhere, a government decision maker is to find new and inventive ways to rinse their effective won with so much effort.
The latest: the government’s government surveillance regulator discovered that the federals spent some striking $ 4.6 billion on new furniture and decorations for government buildings since October 2020, they even thought that only half of the federal workforce was consistently.
In 2023, the government’s responsibility office found that 17 or 24 federal agencies used 25% or less of the buildings of its headquarters.
Then, the federals flew billions in cash from taxpayers about the art that almost no one will look and the furniture that almost no one will use.
It is always easy to spend other people’s money.
Some of the sausage waste:
- $ 250,000 in Herman Miller chairs for the United States Agency for International Development Offices In Mozambique.
- $ 237,960 for 30 picnic tables with solar energy for centers for disease control and prevention.
- $ 1.4 million in art and drawings for embassies.
- $ 39,000 for new conference tables for Federal Building Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco.
- $ 117,250 in 40 Ethan Allen reclinators for the United States embassy in Pakistan, or around $ 2,931 each. (And we doubt they have a volume discount).
In 2022, 37% of Americans reported that they could not seek additional $ 400 in an emergency, so it is fair to assume has to The middle class families could not afford an Ethan Allen chair of an exorbitant price, however, uncle Sam decided that an embassy in Islamabad should be dressed in box Or them.
Nobody in the federal government has heard of Ikea?
Beyond the specific waste here is what he says about the institutional allergy of the federals to anything approaching Fiscal responsibility.
Of course, the offices need functional chairs, and the case can be done for occasional paint to fix a waiting room.
But designer reclining armchairs, picnic tables with solar energy (fed for thatExactly?) And modern abstract paintings of $ 200,000 are not remotely necessary for the business of administering the country.
But the need does not matter if you see taxpayers as a Piggy Bank Bank.
Correa parking? Unheard of or. Had a deal? That is for plebs. Looking for the most economical option? No mine Job.
Only the most luxurious and high -end name fire articles will make for the rear ends of our precious public employees. (Those who bother to present themselves to work, anyway).
It is not surprising that the rapid majority of Americans-76%, according to the efforts of February Harvard-Harris Poll-Sport Doge to reduce waste.
The waste of federal furniture is more proof that it is not a limit to the scandalous abuse or the dollars of taxpayers; It is poor management and fiscal madness until the end.