DOGE finds $40B in govt credit card spending | Reporter Replay
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) pledged on Feb. 18 to “simplify” the federal government’s credit card program after it cost taxpayers nearly $40 billion last year. “The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend in FY24,” read an X post from the cost-cutting initiative’s...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) pledged on Feb. 18 to “simplify” the federal government’s credit card program after it cost taxpayers nearly $40 billion last year. “The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend in FY24,” read an X post from the cost-cutting initiative’s...
