And it will be glorious listening to the democrats and their media whores defend this.
Handing out gov credit cards willy nilly is like letting kids loose in a candy store. Then try and take the candy way and you get a newly made democrat.
In the private sector what would happen if you used the company’s credit card for personal items?
(Rhetorical question - depending on the amount you may just get a talking to and told to repay it back, or you could be fired and told to repay it back, but if extreme turned over to the police and get charged with embezzlement).
In the government you get promoted.
About 20 years ago I worked for a medical equipment manufacturer and audited their Purchase Cards or P-Cards which are company credit cards - the same as these government credit cards. I found several purchases of personal things being charged to the company credit cards including porn and in one case, a hooker. A few employees got canned and I recommended additional controls including making the cards invalid for certain merchant codes (ie each category of business has a merchant code some of which would not have been appropriate for company purchase) and stricter controls over who gets them, how quickly they are cancelled when an employee leaves and how carefully they are reviewed by each employee’s manager.
I’m willing to bet a thorough audit of the government credit cards is going to find the same things.
If there’s 2 million gov employees how do you get 4.6 million credit cards? One for legal expenses and one for whatever?
I turned down my government CC. I used my own and they paid me back and that left out any chance of unauthorized charges.
I bet now we know where the money with no designating code in place was going to.
You can thank His Slickness (Clinton) for that.
HOORAY D.O.G.E. individuals and Elon!
Now I wish they would make Government Travel Card as optional
- not mandatory. I’d rather use my own for travel-related purposes. That’ll keep other travelers who abuse the cards in check when they’re using their own accounts.
BTTT
Lose your gubmint job AND the free Starbucks, free strip clubs, free hookers, free high-end steak houses, free tropical vacations and cruises, etc