$16 muffins, $8 coffee served in Justice audit

[Billybob]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. government grapples to find ways to trim the bloated federal deficit, a new report suggests officials might start with cutting out $16 muffins and $10 cookies.

"We found the Department (of Justice) spent $16 on each of the 250 muffins served at an August 2009 legal conference in Washington," said a DOJ Office of Inspector General report released on Tuesday.

The DOJ spent $121 million on conferences in fiscal 2008 and 2009, which exceeded its own spending limits and appeared to be extravagant and wasteful, according to the report that examined 10 conferences held during that period.

The review turned up the expensive muffins, which came from the Capital Hilton Hotel just blocks from the White House, as well as cookies and brownies that cost almost $10 each.

http://news.yahoo.com/16-muffins-8-coffee-served-justice-audit-023623142.html

 

[BadgeBunny]

$10 cookies ... I need to move to Washington. My God, I could make a fortune ...

 

[bigchuck83]

Ok $16 muffins, $10cookies and brownies. WTF was in those things.. Oh forgot about the $8 coffee So that's where my tax dollars go.

 

[Buddhaman]

You know all those bottles of whiskey and bourbon we drank? Should we put those in the expense report? Oh yeah, we'll call them "cupcakes and cookies" and then go to Starbucks to sober up a bit.

 

[Billybob]

"The department spent $32 per person on snacks of Cracker Jack, popcorn, and candy bars and coffee that cost $8.24 per cup at another conference, the report said".

 

[AKguy1985]

do the $16 muffins come with a hug and a kiss???

 

[Dale00]

The life of privilege is not just for high level govt employees, it starts at the White House.

"Let them eat cake."

Michelle Obama's stylist picked up the bracelets at Katie's showroom in Fragments in Soho. ...

The First Lady wore Katie's Lotus cuff priced at $15,000 with 2.9 carats of diamonds, her Gothic cuff at $15,350 with 2.17 carats in diamonds and the Quatrefoil bracelet at $11,800 with 1.73 carats in diamonds.

http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/09-21-11-09-26-michelle-obama-dazzles-wearing-diamond-bangles-by-h-towns-katie-decker-23/

The First Lady is believed to have taken 42 days of holiday in the past year, including a $375,000 break in Spain and a four-day ski trip to Vail, Colorado, where she spent $2,000 a night on a suite at the Sebastian hotel.

And the first family's nine-day stay in Martha's Vineyard is also proving costly, with rental of the Blue Heron Farm property alone costing an estimated $50,000 a week.

The source continued: 'Michelle also enjoys drinking expensive booze during her trips. She favours martinis with top-shelf vodka and has a taste for rich sparking wines.

'The vacations are totally Michelle's idea. She's like a junkie. She can't schedule enough getaways, and she lives from one to the next - all the while sticking it to hardworking Americans.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html

"Some are more equal than others"

 

[been]

i bet the muffins taste real good

 

[AKguy1985]

i bet the muffins taste real good

but do they come witha hug and a kiss??? thats what we need to know lolz

 

[The AmberLynn]

They should be "brown bagging" their meetings.