c******k
发帖数: 8998 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: snowfish888 ($Player$), 信区: Military
标 题: These muffins cost $16 each.
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Sep 21 10:24:50 2011, 美东)
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.
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.
The DOJ also spent nearly $600,000 for event planning services for five
conferences, the document said.
A Justice Department spokeswoman said most of the gathering were held when
there were no strict limits on food and beverage costs, adding the DOJ had
taken steps since 2009 "to ensure that these problems do not occur again."
Word of the agency's extravagant spending drew a swift response from Capitol
Hill.
Senator Chuck Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary
Committee which has oversight of the Justice Department, said the report was
a blueprint for the first cuts that should be made by the "super committee"
searching for at least $1.2 trillion in savings.
"Sixteen dollar muffins and $600,000 for event planning services are what
make Americans cynical about government and why they are demanding change,"
Grassley said in a statement. "People are outraged, and rightly so." | x******g
发帖数: 3952 | 2 Now they are going to create an administration office,
hire 10 people, each costs $100k a year, to make sure
they don't spend ever spend $16 on a muffin next time.
trim
Office
【在 c******k 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
: 发信人: snowfish888 ($Player$), 信区: Military
: 标 题: These muffins cost $16 each.
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Sep 21 10:24:50 2011, 美东)
: 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.
| B********e
发帖数: 19317 | 3
就业机会就是这样诞生的。。。
【在 x******g 的大作中提到】
: Now they are going to create an administration office,
: hire 10 people, each costs $100k a year, to make sure
: they don't spend ever spend $16 on a muffin next time.
:
: trim
: Office
| H******7
发帖数: 34403 | 4 公司拒绝让我自己买一个$150的激光打印机，他们从Staples为我买了一个喷墨打印机
，花费$399元，amazon价格是$199(未打折价） | m**********2
发帖数: 6568 | 5 salary is 100k/yr, benefit and overhead is way more than that.
【在 x******g 的大作中提到】
: Now they are going to create an administration office,
: hire 10 people, each costs $100k a year, to make sure
: they don't spend ever spend $16 on a muffin next time.
:
: trim
: Office
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