Richard, why in the world would you equate my comments with being a liberal? I'm ex-military, donated money to Trumps' campaign (though now regretting that as I was hoping he couldn't be worse than Hillary and would stop tweeting when his feelings got hurt), and am a 40 year member of the republican party.  I used humor which you may have missed to make a point.  A very small percentage of State employees misused the credit cards - firing and prosecuting gets extremely expensive though may be needed in certain cases - repeat offenders, gross misuse (lap dances at Bush Company), massages with happy endings, etc.  Written corrective actions, removing authorization, and training would probably correct the vast majority of the small minority vice cries for firing squads.  Punishment should fit the crime.