Every year we hear news stories of how the Government Accounting Office (GAO) identifies credit card abuse as a major problem. This is absurd. We've been seeing these stories in the news for years and the government has done nothing about it. So now they're talking about a bill to be able to fire these people. We actually need a congressional bill to be able to fire a government employee that steals from us? What about jail time? This is larceny, plain and simple.

The following is a quote by Tom Fitton from April 15, 2008

"An investigative report released by senators Tuesday showed that government employees used their credit cards in 2005 and 2006 to buy cameras, laptop computers, iPods, high-end suits, lingerie, and steak and booze dinners.

"The inquiry by the Government Accountability Office was not the first to discover abuse in federal credit card and travel programs. Previous reports by the GAO and inspectors general have documented federal employees using their government cards to buy baseball tickets, jewelry, cell phones, escort services and, in one instance, breast enhancement surgery for a girlfriend."
The Office of Management Budget says it's now ready to crack down on the abuse and would welcome help from Congress. Apparently, there is a bill in the Senate that would allow federal agencies to fire government employees for "egregious abuse of government credit cards."

"Is it just me, or shouldn't there already be a law on the books that would enable a federal agency to fire an employee for these sorts of egregious abuses? This latest GAO report shows that Washington is full of corruption --- high and low. On the one hand you have congressmen like William Jefferson taking bribes as part of international conspiracy and on the other, credit cards being used by government bureaucrats for plastic surgery. Jefferson is still in Congress and we supposedly can't fire bureaucrats who improperly use taxpayer credit cards."