Cash in: the rich guys in Trump's cabinet who can't resist public money

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

Cash in: the rich guys in Trump's cabinet who can't resist public money

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/16/trump-cabinet-rich-men-carson-mnuchin

The revelations over Ben Carson’s furniture have shone a light on Trump’s people – and their fondness for first-class travel and military jets

Joanna Walters
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Fri 16 Mar 2018 00.00 EDT Last modified on Fri 16 Mar 2018 00.02 EDT
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 Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton hold up a sheet of new dollar bills at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington.
 The treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and his wife, Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new dollar bills at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

The revelation that the US housing secretary, Ben Carson, and his wife selected a $31,000 dining set for his office at taxpayer expense has caused outrage. But Carson is far from alone among Donald Trump’s cabinet in causing controversy over use of public money. Here are the most high-profile examples.

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 Ben Carson. A $31,000 dining set was purchased for housing secretary Carson’s office.
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 A $31,000 dining set was purchased for housing secretary Carson’s office. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters
The housing and urban development (Hud) secretary had managed to keep his head down, more or less, since being put in charge of the sprawling department that deals with America’s under-funded public housing stock. But things changed for the ex-brain-surgeon last month when it emerged that Hud had agreed to  $165,000 on “lounge furniture” for its Washington headquarters, in addition to a $31,000  set  by Carson and his wife for his office.

News of the expensive decor spending emerged after the Guardian revealed that a senior Hud employee had complained of facing retaliation after she said the budget broke the law. She said she had been told: “$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair.” The report emerged as the administration was proposing to cut $6.8bn, or 14%, of Hud’s annual budget.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Get with the grifting pro, bro. People need2chil.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

18 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Get with the grifting pro, bro. People need2chil.

If the $31,000 dining room table had a $7,000 Keating teppanyaki grill , I could get behind that.  They could cook in and save money.

 

 

[smilesammich 10,727]

i don't know how well a fancy $31,000 dining set is going to hold up smack dab in the middle of a swamp.