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To: TCats; xzins; P-Marlowe
You are, I think, the exception. My only question is why these cards are needed at all. They look to be an invitation to waste, fraud and abuse. I've worked for a number of very large entities and, with one exception, NEVER had, or needed, a Company Credit Card. Advances and use of my own cards was always sufficient and, at times, my monthly expenses exceeded $20,000.

I'm Army. I have one for government travel. Need it because I'm TDY, and the logistics of settling my lodging & meals is easier than reimbursing me on a travel voucher.

But I use mine very judiciously.

47 posted on 04/08/2008 7:06:01 PM PDT by jude24 (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: jude24

Are you Army JAG. Thought you were a law school student, or did you already graduate?


54 posted on 04/08/2008 7:29:55 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: jude24; TCats; P-Marlowe

The military had this strange idea that they could dump these credit cards on every rank of soldier, and they act surprised when the cards get misused. I never took one. Always put it on my own card and then let them reimburse me. As long as I filed the paperwork quickly, there was never a finance charge.

But, I had resources that a young enlisted guy simply didn’t have. And I understood how per diem and reimbursements worked.


62 posted on 04/09/2008 5:00:07 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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