A Department of Justice audit revealing $16 muffins and $10 cookies at government conferences serves as a primary media distraction from larger fiscal issues. Representative Poe mocked the spending on the House floor by referencing "The Muffin Man" nursery rhyme. While the public focuses on overpriced pastries, larger expenditures like the hourly flight costs of B-2 bombers and drone construction in North Africa receive less scrutiny.
