Ben Carson has HUD buy $30k table for office, demotes person who cited law & refused

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(03-01-2018, 04:10 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It was not just $30K for a dinning set.  It was also $160K for "lounge furniture."

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) has agreed to spend $165,000 on “lounge furniture” for its Washington headquarters, in addition to a $31,000 dining set purchased for housing secretary Ben Carson’s office.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/27/ben-carson-spokesman-falsely-denied-expensive-table-bought

The government overpaying for equipment is not new, but something that should require oversight from an external agency.

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