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July 19th, 2012
01:53 PM ET

Get Real! CNN investigation finds more wasteful spending at GSA, including cooking classes

Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) – Amid an ongoing congressional probe into the General Services Administration, a CNN investigation has uncovered more evidence of wasteful spending at the agency, including cooking classes for employees that cost as much as $3,350 per class.

For years, the GSA paid to send employees to these cooking classes to build team spirit, part of a spending pattern that the agency now says was inappropriate.

This morning on "Starting Point," Soledad and the show team discussed whether this is really an egregious use of taxpayer money. Do you agree with Marc Lamont Hill who says this isn't that much money to spend for a team-building exercise?


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