Is this the proper role of government – to primp (pimp?) up the bathroom of a government flunky? Even if it is a Cabinet level flunky, he is still a flunky!
A great example of your tax dollars at work — because we all want our Secretary of the Interior to have monogrammed towels in his office bathroom, don’t we?
That’s right — this little gem comes from today’s Washington Post:
The paper reports outgoing Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne spent about $235,000 of your money to renovate his office bathroom at the Department of Interior. He installed a new shower, a refrigerator and a freezer hidden behind what the paper describes as lavish wood paneling — and apparently got monogrammed towels.
Sadly, it also appears this wasn’t just one person’s bad judgment.Watch Campbell Brown’s commentary
The General Services Administration — which in theory is supposed to oversee and keep track of how your tax dollars are spent by these agencies — well, the GSA signed off on this renovation. We reached out to folks there to find out why. They told us the reason they had to spend so much is that these were "historic renovations" to the Department of Interior building that involved some major reconstruction to ensure safety and historical accuracy.
The sad thing is that most government "officials" at certain levels seem to think that they are entitled to certain perks at our expense. And that there are lower level flunkies that are willing (fearful?) to cover for them. $235,000 of our tax dollars? The equivalent of an ordinary family’s home for a flipping bathroom???
Yup, one of those side effects of "Big Government" – and you want more of this? You want a bigger government "to take care of us?" Really, who is taking care of who? I’m all over the Republican ideal of "smaller government" in this regard. You?
Now, on the flip side – let’s also see if CNN will do report on on the Democrat equivalent if they do it…
(H/T: CNN)
