“No political truth is of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”—James Madison, Federalist 4...
If they invested more money into the furniture, there would be less for them to grift
They’d just buy pure gold tableware and steal it on the way out.