Gov't Waste? What Gov't Waste?

I was reading an article on inappropriate use of government credit and debit cards. It seems every year there is a report and then outrage by members of Congress. Then, the next year, the cycle repeats. Here are my favorite parts from today's article on CNN.com:

• In another case, USPS spent $13,500 on a dinner at Ruth Chris Steakhouse for employees who were attending a national postal forum in Orlando, Florida. The dinner included more than 200 appetizers and the agency paid for about $3,000 of alcoholic drinks, including more than 40 bottles of wine and top-shelf liquor, the study said. It deemed the dinner as an "excessive cost."


• Another case, described as a "questionable government need," involved a State Department employee who spent $360 on women's underwear and lingerie to wear during jungle training by "trainees of a drug enforcement program in Ecuador." A State Department official agreed that the charge, for items purchased from Seduccion Boutique, was "questionable" and said it should not have been approved.