Pretty much every private company spends "unnecessary" money on extraneous employee benefits, and stuff for the company that probably isn't 100% necessary.
Companies spend plenty of money on furniture, kitchenware, exercise rooms. Some of these things can help keep employees happy, while they're at their job.
Maybe it saves them money through employee retention.
| BFR said: Bottom line: Does the CDC even need "powered" picnic tables to begin with - just so they can charge their devices while they eat lunch? |
Maybe employees want flexibility so that they can work outside during the day, and not be stuck at their desks?
Maybe it also helps employees who want to work a little bit later in the day.
Maybe it helps them conduct business meetings. Even private companies spend a lot of money for that kind of thing.
| zorg1000 said: This is what I find funny about the “fiscal responsibility” people, the federal government had about $6.8 trillion in outlays for fiscal year 2024 and their solution is to nickel and dime on a handful of projects that combined make up less than a percent of the budget. |
Exactly.
Rand Paul, as a senator should hopefully have a better idea of government spending than most people.
Yet his demonstration of how wasteful government is, feels like such a stretch, it doesn't feel particularly convincing.
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