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Feds spent $3.3B on furniture while employees
worked from home during pandemic

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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 10/3/2023 11:46:00 AM

The federal government dropped $3.3 billion on new office furniture as the vast majority of its employees worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, a watchdog report exclusively obtained by The Post shows.

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The more you read, the angrier you'll get on how our tax dollars are being wasted. This makes my blood boil.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Nimby 10/3/2023 11:48:13 AM (No. 1568387)
If I don't show up for work as required, I will be fired on the spot. Why do these people still have jobs?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 10/3/2023 12:09:02 PM (No. 1568409)
From the article - "The extravagant purchases included $237,960 on solar-powered picnic tables for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and $120,000 on luxurious Ethan Allen leather recliners for the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan." Solar-Powered Picnic Tables? Wondering if that includes Solar-Powered umbrellas and Solar-Powered chairs?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chagrined 10/3/2023 12:31:11 PM (No. 1568432)
If these obtuse idiots in our government want to buy something solar powered, how about a brain?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Birddog 10/3/2023 12:45:01 PM (No. 1568455)
and yet as of last week...only 26% of Federal Workers are back in those offices.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Peregrine 10/3/2023 12:52:50 PM (No. 1568465)
Send it all back and get a refund!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: downnout 10/3/2023 1:36:03 PM (No. 1568492)
What in blue blazes is a solar-powered picnic table? Is it one that has an umbrella that will automatically open when the sun shines? Why are we paying for this??? Grrrr!!!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: stablemoney 10/3/2023 2:15:07 PM (No. 1568513)
The federal employees are still working from home.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 10/3/2023 2:39:31 PM (No. 1568530)
Yeah, from furniture factories in Harbin, China.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: 24tea@Mag 10/3/2023 3:23:41 PM (No. 1568553)
Rediculous! Simpletons within the US Government. Spend it no matter what. It is in our yearly budget. If we don’t spend it next years budget will be less. Typical mind set of government employees.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mifla 10/4/2023 5:46:04 AM (No. 1568979)
Read somewhere many years ago that when a new congress critter is elected, they can spend thousands on their office even if it was currently filled with functional furniture left by the previous resident. It is just monopoly money to them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: EVRgreen4058 1/15/2024 8:08:50 AM (No. 1636553)
Nothing new with liberals. Check back around the time of the Benghazi debacle when our Ambassador was killed during OBAMA AND HILLARY'S WATCH and see the billions being spent to remodel embassies and put EV cars there as well. The London embassy also had a statue of Obama surrounded by his books. Also did they ever locate that 6 million missing from Hillary's State Department?
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