“This past week, the Department of Veterans Affairs bought $562,000 worth of artwork.  In a single day, the Agriculture Department spent $144,000 on toner cartridges.  And, in a single purchase, the Coast Guard spent $178,000 on ‘Cubicle Furniture Rehab.’  Private contractors — worried that sequestration would result in a smaller spending rush this year — brought in food to keep salespeople at their desks. Federal workers quizzed harried colleagues in the hallways, asking if they had spent it all yet.  Three years’ worth of staples. Portable generators that never got used. One said the National Guard bought so much ammunition that firing it all became a chore.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-congress-fights-over-the-budget-agencies-go-on-their-use-it-or-lose-it-shopping-sprees/2013/09/28/b8eef3cc-254c-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_print.html

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