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By: Elizabeth Harrington   
March 7, 2019 12:35 pm

Federal agencies billed taxpayers millions for lobster tail, alcohol, standing desks, golf carts, and more frivolous expenditures before budgets ran out at the end of the fiscal year.

A new analysis released by OpenTheBooks.com found 66 agencies spent $97 billion last September, the final month of fiscal year 2018. The end of the year taxpayer-funded spending spree included contracts with Coors, millions on iPhones, furniture, and CrossFit equipment.

"In the final month of the fiscal year, federal agencies scramble to spend what's left in their annual budget," OpenTheBooks.com said. "Agencies worry spending less than their budget allows might prompt Congress to appropriate less money in the next fiscal year. To avoid this, federal agencies choose to embark on an annual shopping spree rather than admit they can operate on less."

https://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-pay-millions-for-lobster-tail-booze-toys-in-end-of-year-spending-binge/

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Spend it or lose it.

You'd think replacing this single principle with some sort of incentive to come in under budget would've been 'low hanging fruit' for the budget hawks.

Of course that implies there's a single soul in DC concerned with saving taxpayer money.

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Spend it or lose it.

You'd think replacing this single principle with some sort of incentive to come in under budget would've been 'low hanging fruit' for the budget hawks.

Of course that implies there's a single soul in DC concerned with saving taxpayer money.

Which we know definitely they are not!
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How refreshing it would be to have a President who encourages his cabinet to NOT spend the money.
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What, no hookers?

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What, no hookers?

Well, they did pay for “tail” so .....

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Funny how it's perfectly OK to spend leftover funds on lobster, booze, and toys, but somehow becomes a violation of law when those funds are spent on building a wall.
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Funny how it's perfectly OK to spend leftover funds on lobster, booze, and toys, but somehow becomes a violation of law when those funds are spent on building a wall.

They weren’t appropriated for a wall. 

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They weren’t appropriated for a wall.

Nor were they appropriated for Lobster, Booze, or Toys.
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Nor were they appropriated for Lobster, Booze, or Toys.

They were appropriated for the budgets of those agencies, and were discretionary funds. 

That makes that spending more legal than the theft that Trump wants to engage in. 

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They were appropriated for the budgets of those agencies, and were discretionary funds. 

That makes that spending more legal than the theft that Trump wants to engage in.

Oh, so a Court has already ruled the Declaration of National Emergency illegal?  I must have missed that.  Do you have a link, or is that just your expert opinion?
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Oh, so a Court has already ruled the Declaration of National Emergency illegal?  I must have missed that.  Do you have a link, or is that just your expert opinion?

It’s my personal opinion. 

Or am I not entitled to that here, either?  Threats, express or implied, from an admin are not very nice.
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It’s my personal opinion. 

Or am I not entitled to that here, either?  Threats, express or implied, from an admin are not very nice.

I think your personal opinion is fine.  I didn't see a threat in what I wrote, so it's your imagination.  I have no control over that.

So, it's your personal opinion, and it counts as much as everybody else. 
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What.  No crab legs?  Guess they didn't want a fight to break out on the buffett line.
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What.  No crab legs?  Guess they didn't want a fight to break out on the buffett line.

Fill the steam tables with enough product and there are no fights.  I doubt they were stingy with the Surf N Turf in these buffet lines.   :smokin:
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I think your personal opinion is fine.  I didn't see a threat in what I wrote, so it's your imagination.  I have no control over that.

So, it's your personal opinion, and it counts as much as everybody else. 

It’s also a personal opinion that’s in line with that of a lot of other people, including a number of republicans.

I look forward to being vindicated by the courts.

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It’s also a personal opinion that’s in line with that of a lot of other people, including a number of republicans.

I look forward to being vindicated by the courts.

I'm fine with waiting and seeing as well.
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Oh, so a Court has already ruled the Declaration of National Emergency illegal?  I must have missed that.  Do you have a link, or is that just your expert opinion?

I was too busy staring at the gaping double standard of what constitutes "discretionary spending".
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