Ben Carson’s HUD, Planning Cuts, Spends $31,000 on Dining Set for His Office

[Bob The Knob]

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/us/ben-carson-hud-furniture.html[/url]
[quote]Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office in late 2017 — just as the White House circulated its plans to slash HUD’s programs for the homeless, elderly and poor, according to federal procurement records.

The purchase of the custom hardwood table, chairs and hutch came a month after a top agency staff member filed a whistle-blower complaint charging Mr. Carson’s wife, Candy Carson, with pressuring department officials to find money for the expensive redecoration of his offices, even if it meant circumventing the law.

Mr. Carson is also facing questions on another front. Under pressure earlier this month, he requested that HUD’s inspector general investigate his son’s involvement in a department-sponsored listening tour of Baltimore last summer. Department lawyers had warned Mr. Carson that including Ben Carson Jr., an entrepreneur who does business with the federal government, could create a conflict of interest.[/quote]

[Patrick]

what the fuck, there are people in your country who can barely afford to live in a home and eat and government officials are spending $31,000 on vanity items.

[Alec W]

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;53165454]what the fuck, there are people in your country who can barely afford to live in a home and eat and government officials are spending $31,000 on vanity items.[/QUOTE]

would you believe me if I told you that $31,000 is more than what half of employed people here in the u.s. make a year?

[Rocâ„¢]

[QUOTE=Alec W;53165519]would you believe me if I told you that $31,000 is more than what half of employed people here in the u.s. make a year?[/QUOTE]

I don't make even half of that.
Not even if I don't convert it to euros :v:

[Patrick]

[QUOTE=Alec W;53165519]would you believe me if I told you that $31,000 is more than what half of employed people here in the u.s. make a year?[/QUOTE]

it's almost double what i make in a year

[Maegord]

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;53165454]what the fuck, there are people in your country who can barely afford to live in a home and eat and government officials are spending $31,000 on vanity items.[/QUOTE]

And they're all the same people insisting that poor people can't have healthcare.

The Republican party is really something.

[Tyanet]

I think it's hilarious how this administration can be so unabashedly against poor people, but their supporters (many of whom make less in a year than this dude's dining set is worth) will staunchly stick by their side, as if they are in sort of abusive relationship and they're totally in denial about the whole thing.

And by hilarious, I mean [B][I]intensely depressing[/I][/B].

[Patrick]

[QUOTE=tyanet;53165753]I think it's hilarious how this administration can be so unabashedly against poor people, but their supporters (many of whom make less in a year than this dude's dining set is worth) will staunchly stick by their side, as if they are in sort of abusive relationship and they're totally in denial about the whole thing.

And by hilarious, I mean [B][I]intensely depressing[/I][/B].[/QUOTE]

the fox news propaganda machine, rupert murdoch has been in the game for years he knows how to manipulate a population using the media.

[spazthemax]

[QUOTE=tyanet;53165753]I think it's hilarious how this administration can be so unabashedly against poor people, but their supporters (many of whom make less in a year than this dude's dining set is worth) will staunchly stick by their side, as if they are in sort of abusive relationship and they're totally in denial about the whole thing.

And by hilarious, I mean [B][I]intensely depressing[/I][/B].[/QUOTE]

I wouldnt be surprised if a republican candidate used the tagline "fuck the poor" and won at this point

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=Alec W;53165519]would you believe me if I told you that $31,000 is more than what half of employed people here in the u.s. make a year?[/QUOTE]

I make almost 50% more than minimum wage per-hour, and that's STILL $10K more per-year than I make [I]before[/I] taxes.
You want to know what a HOUSE that costs that much gets you in this town?
[url=https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/413-West-St_Clovis_NM_88101_M23274-81783#photo0]This shit right here.[/url] Fore-closed, run-down home in an awful, crime-ridden neighborhood (but at least it has a shop!).