And then there's the money we pay to worthless organizations like the UN ...
I agree we should go after the abusers. But let's go after ALL of them, not just the select few.
that stuff is expensive, you can’t expect poor DOD workers to carry that kind of cash around
Do we really need to read more???.....Stern warnings....lol
Fire them and strip them of their pensions.
At least the hookers get paid when they’re screwed.
Active Duty ping.
Pull cash from a bank ATM. Then spend it as you wish.
Well, at least they don’t make them file tax returns.
The thing not mentioned here is that Government Credit cards come in two flavors. There is a Government Purchase Card and then there is a Government Travel Card. I highly doubt many of these suspicious transactions are on Government Purchase Cards, since they are highly scrutinized although they have been abused.
I suspect most of these transactions (99%) are on Government Travel Cards, which are sort of sponsored travel accounts in the employees name. The employees are responsible for the bill, not the Government, and if you don’t pay, you get hassled at work about it by your boss.
I could normally care less about how goverment employees run up bills in thier own name, but this is not what the cards are for. They are to be used for travel expenses such as hotels, rental cars etc.
However, some people are irresponsible and they misuse the cards in all sorts of ways since they are just regular credit cards, but this does not mean the bill goes to the taxpayer.
I’m pissed I have to carry the damn thing at all.
Let me just say, that anyone who did this is an irresponsible idiot. Having said that, this is not as bad as it seems. Government credit cards work like ordinary credit cards. That is, the credit card holder is still responsible for paying the bill—not the Government. When I was in the Air Force, they made you use Government credit cards for travel. The purpose of this was two fold:
1. To ensure that an employee’s credit situation did not prevent them from traveling on Government business. This was the PRIMARY reason.
2. To ensure that the employee did not profit off travel, by getting bonus points or rewards on their credit card. Though I had a Gov CC, I used to use my GM credit card for travel—back when you earned 5%—until I was told to stop (and this was the reason given).
So, if some Yahoo wants to go to pay for lap dances with a Gov CC, he is still liable for the bill—not Uncle Sam. It also obviously looks bad, but it is that person’s career. The employee will have all his/her LEGITIMATE expenses reimbursed, which should allow them to pay off the entire CC balance each month (which is what you are supposed to do).
Maybe things have changed since I retired, but I doubt they’ve changed that much.