America’s got a bit of a credit card problem. We love to break out the plastic, and now it seems our bad habit plagues the government too. A new audit shows some federal employees have been going a bit crazy with their government credit cards – charging everything from lingerie to iPods to $13,000 steak-and-liquor dinners. Reporter Dan Eggen broke the story in the Washington Post, and he speaks about it with Faith Salie on Fair Game.
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