DOGE Uncovers 90 Million Shady Transactions from Over 4 Million Government Credit Cards
Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has exposed an eye-watering level of federal spending abuse, revealing that over 4.6 million active government credit cards were used for 90 million transactions totaling nearly $40 billion in Fiscal Year 2024 alone.
DOGE broke down the figures in an X post on Tuesday:
“The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend in FY24. DOGE is working with/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs – we will report back in 1 week,” the account wrote.
The Department of Defense (DOD) led the spending, with 2.4 million individual accounts processing 27.2 million transactions in just one fiscal year.
President Donald Trump responded with a scathing memo, ordering all government agencies to implement “radical transparency” in taxpayer spending.
The statement reads:
“The United States Government spends too much money on programs, contracts, and grants that do not promote the interests of the American people.
For too long, taxpayers have subsidized ideological projects overseas and domestic organizations engaged in actions that undermine the national interest.
The American people have seen their tax dollars used to fund the passion projects of unelected bureaucrats rather than to advance the national interest. The American people have a right to see how the Federal Government has wasted their hard-earned wages.
I therefore direct the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate actions to make public, to the maximum extent permitted by law and as the heads of agencies deem appropriate to promote the policies of my Administration, the complete details of every terminated program, cancelled contract, terminated grant, or any other discontinued obligation of Federal funds.
Agencies shall ensure that such publication occurs in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the underlying contract, grant, or other award.”
These revelations, shocking as they are, may be just the tip of the iceberg as the Trump administration continues investigating corruption among Washington elites.
However, government officials have yet to respond to the findings, with sources indicating that an internal probe may soon follow.
Without immediate and significant reforms, public trust in the government may never recover.
As the Trump administration reverses America’s economic decline, the coming weeks will reveal just how deep this corruption runs.