Government Lets Taxpayers Pay for Online Gambling

April 11, 2008

So online gambling is illegal – unless you work for the government. If you work for the government not only is it legal for you, but the tax payers will actually pay for you to participate in it. This seems to be the thinking of several members of our US government according to the new Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Over the course of fifteen months, US employees from departments such as the US Postal Service, the US State Department, and the Agricultural Department have spent millions on things like online gambling. In fact, 40% of their purchases that were charged to their accounts violated protocol.

The departments used their credit cards to pay for entertainment, sex, meals, etc. The postal service spent more than $35,000 on online gambling. They were supposed to be used for government expenses only, so how do they justify spending that kind of money on things that tax payers cannot afford, nor are they allowed to participate in?

The GAO is known for watching the funds that go in an out of the office. People might think that just because they have a card they can spend it on anything they want, but there is accountability. Not only that, but if you are using the card for illegal practices you are looking at even more problems. One of their specific functions is fraudulent activity as it pertains to it being perpetrated on the American public, and many think that this is a clear cut case of it.




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