US housing department to spend $165,000 on own furniture

[gaymer77]

$31k for a dining set, over $5k just for a chair, and $165k for his whole office. This brought to you by the man appointed by a man wanting to put on a parade for himself for $70M to show up North Korea & several billion from the American taxpayers on a wall that "Mexico will pay for". Makes perfect sense to me!

[Flarelaine]

I think that furniture would drive to the point of wanting to jump out a window. Thats some 70s 80s cocaine fueled decor.

I presume you do recall the amount of sniffing in the first debate between Donald and Hillary.

[Kujako]

I think that furniture would drive to the point of wanting to jump out a window. Thats some 70s 80s cocaine fueled decor.

Naw, not enough mirrors. It's more Russian oligarch chic.

[Lothar from accounting]

Naw, not enough mirrors. It's more Russian oligarch chic.

Tony Montana would like to have a word with you about that...

[Kujako]

Tony Montana would like to have a word with you about that...

I count three mirrors, in that image alone!

[Lothar from accounting]

I count three mirrors, in that image alone!

It is a bathroom after all, the color scheme is close enough that it could be just out of shot of the picture of Trump's place though.

[Kujako]

It is a bathroom after all, the color scheme is close enough that it could be just out of shot of the picture of Trump's place though.

Seriously, google "Russian Oligarch chic". For example...

[Lothar from accounting]

Seriously, google "Russian Oligarch chic". For example...

Fair enough, but as they didn't really come into being until Gorbachev's peristroika they could have very well taken their queues from the 'cocaine fueled decor' ideas of the west suggested by @PACOX. (And easily could have been, possibly still are, under the influence of coke while making their decor choices.)

[ati87]

am I the only one who thinks those rooms are ugly even if the colours would be different?

Those chairs for example.....kind of looks cheap.

[Breccia]

Ben Carson, in order to explain to the American people how the purchase was legal, responsible, and well-thought-out, fucking blames his wife.

"When I assumed the position I was told that traditionally secretaries redecorate their offices," Carson told the committee, explaining how the dining set was purchased. "You know I'm not really big into decorating. If it were up to me, my office would probably look like a hospital waiting room. At any rate, I invited my wife in to come help me."

Carson went on to say that a few months later he was told to fix the dining room set for safety reasons. In his explanation to the committee, Carson said a chair had collapsed while someone was sitting in it and nails stuck out of the dining table creating a hazard.

"I asked my wife also to help me with that," Carson continued. "They showed us some catalogs. The prices were beyond what I wanted to pay and I made it clear that just didn't seem right to me. I left it with my wife, I said 'help choose something.'"

Carson said he left the decision and was too busy "running from place to place" and heading the department to be involved in the minor decision.

He does know "I let my wife do it" is just as fiscally, and ethically, irresponsible, right?

[Ripster42]

am I the only one who thinks those rooms are ugly even if the colours would be different?

Those chairs for example.....kind of looks cheap.

They're incredibly expensive. The chairs I linked aren't really even in the realm of those.

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I count three mirrors, in that image alone!

Things you may not know: mirrors were only used because they often came in small sizes, from travel sets (think things like this) and compacts. I see plenty of glass surfaces in the trump picture. That being said, one of the things trump is sorta known for is abstaining from chemical enjoyment and his predilection for getting his enjoyment from women instead.

[Travis B]

$165,000? I could get some nice furniture for $35,000 easily, and have enough money left over to hire a porn star.

[Kujako]

Turns out it was Carsons wife and not him! So all good, right guys?

[turboether]

Ben Carson, in order to explain to the American people how the purchase was legal, responsible, and well-thought-out, fucking blames his wife. He does know "I let my wife do it" is just as fiscally, and ethically, irresponsible, right?

Way to perpetuate the stereotype, Ben Carson's wife.