DOGE Gives Government Employees Credit Card Spending Limit…Of $1 DOLLAR!

Elon Musk’s DOGE is putting a much-needed spending limit on government credit cards…

From now on, government employees at federal agencies like the GSA will have their credit cards cap out at just $1.

After that, they’ll have to request funds for any extra spending.

In effect, this makes it so that federal employees cannot bill the government for any purchases without explicit approval.

I mean, unless they want to buy a pack of gum or something from the Dollar Tree…(can you get a pack of gum anymore for under $1 after Bidenflation?..)

Check it out:

DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards
The memo stated that for “up to 0.1% of the GSA workforce, requests may be made for certain individual purchase charge card spend thresholds be set above $1. Please provide the rationale for all such deviations on an… pic.twitter.com/MlbTxqNwYQ

— Marsha Collier (@MarshaCollier) February 20, 2025

🚨DOGE STRIKES AGAIN!

Ending wasteful spending by federal employees with government credit cards…

DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards in place at GSA and several other agencies

Soon they’ll roll out to most of the federal government, sources say pic.twitter.com/CxMAIcLy7Z

— Dennis Emmitt (@DennisREmmitt) February 20, 2025

From WIRED:

 

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency put a $1 spending limit on most credit cards belonging to employees and contractors of the General Services Administration—a critical agency that manages IT and office buildings for the US government—along with at least three other federal agencies. Similar restrictions are expected to roll out to the entire government workforce soon, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

 

The spending limit comes after DOGE recently discovered a startling amount of money — around $40 billion, to be exact — stored on government credit card accounts.

The New York Post has more on this:

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) pledged on Tuesday 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 official account.

“DOGE is working w/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs,” the group added.