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Ben Carson asks HUD to cancel order for $31,000 dining set
Yahoo News ^ | March 1, 2018 | Stephanie Ebbs

Posted on 03/01/2018 12:21:37 PM PST by ilovesarah2012

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Ben Carson asks HUD to cancel order for $31,000 dining set Stephanie Ebbs Stephanie Ebbs Good Morning AmericaMarch 1, 2018 Ben Carson asks HUD to cancel order for $31,000 dining set Ben Carson asks HUD to cancel order for $31,000 dining set The Department of Housing and Urban Development confirmed Thursday that Secretary Ben Carson has asked the agency to cancel an order for a $31,000 dining set for his office suite after the agency came under scrutiny for the cost of the furniture.

"At the request of the Secretary, the agency is working to rescind the order for the dining room set," communications director Raffi Williams said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carson; trumphud
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1 posted on 03/01/2018 12:21:37 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Back to paper plates and plastic utensils.


2 posted on 03/01/2018 12:23:51 PM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Set up by career employee? Or, a case of creeping royal Washington-itis?


3 posted on 03/01/2018 12:23:58 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: ilovesarah2012

And had it not hit the media he’d be wondering when it was going to be delivered.


4 posted on 03/01/2018 12:24:08 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: ilovesarah2012

Could have just ordered it from Bob’s for $1299 plus $900 shipping


5 posted on 03/01/2018 12:25:19 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: DoodleDawg

Nothing Michelle/Hillary wouldn’t do.


6 posted on 03/01/2018 12:25:46 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Nothing Michelle/Hillary wouldn’t do.


7 posted on 03/01/2018 12:26:22 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

$31,000 is a bit extravagant for a dining set in an office.

I doubt the total value of every piece of furniture in my house even approaches $31,000.


8 posted on 03/01/2018 12:27:56 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: seawolf101

It was a customized hardwood dining room table, chairs, sideboard and hutch.

There’s more info in a NYT article but everyone hates the Times.


9 posted on 03/01/2018 12:27:56 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Nothing Michelle/Hillary wouldn’t do.

So it was OK then?

10 posted on 03/01/2018 12:28:01 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: ilovesarah2012

A kitchen renovation can cost between $15-20,000. Most expensive room in the home.

And here the fake news media is kicking up a fuss about a dining room set.

Thank God Ben Carson didn’t order a $500 hammer.


11 posted on 03/01/2018 12:28:01 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Forever))
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To: ilovesarah2012

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12 posted on 03/01/2018 12:28:21 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Trey Howdy is actually investigating.


13 posted on 03/01/2018 12:28:48 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Trump.Deplorable
Could have just ordered it from Bob’s for $1299 plus $900 shipping

Or Ikea?

14 posted on 03/01/2018 12:29:12 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: American in Israel

If you have something you want to says, just say it.


15 posted on 03/01/2018 12:30:11 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Does he ever REALLY dine in his office?

And if he does, isn’t it pizza while he is going over some paperwork?


16 posted on 03/01/2018 12:30:24 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Ben Carson asks HUD to cancel order for $31,000 dining set
Ben Carson asks HUD to cancel order for $31,000 dining set
Ben Carson asks HUD to cancel order for $31,000 dining set
The Department of Housing and Urban Development confirmed Thursday that Secretary Ben Carson has asked the agency to cancel an order for a $31,000 dining set for his office suite after the agency came under scrutiny for the cost of the furniture.

Did he ask them to cancel it or not?


17 posted on 03/01/2018 12:30:28 PM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Who ordered it in the first place ?


18 posted on 03/01/2018 12:30:30 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Let HGTV do a makeover and get furniture from sponsors! /s

This has made for bad optics, but Dr. Carson didn’t even make this decision and they needed to replace shabby, 50 year old furniture.
So now they will buy shabby new furniture instead of nice stuff that would have lasted a long time.


19 posted on 03/01/2018 12:31:38 PM PST by GnuThere
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Who ordered it in the first place ?

Whomever sits in first place.

20 posted on 03/01/2018 12:33:00 PM PST by spokeshave (FBI = Feral Bureau of Insurrection)
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