The EPA had an annual budget in 2015 of $8B. So let's say they overpaid 2x for the furniture, and we fix that. Now we've saved ~.6% of their overall budget. Nowhere near enough to run the country on 1% taxes.
Articles like that are the definition of outrage inducing bike shedding.
The first step to a balanced budget is to stop impulse spending on dumb stuff.
My only gripe is I'm not allowed to pay a 1% tax, as I should be.