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On 2025-02-22 14:17, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:02 -0800
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-02-22 13:03, pothead wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-22, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2025-02-22 12:38, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:32:00 -0800 Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>   
>>>>>> On 2025-02-22 09:15, tye syding wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:02:55 -0800 Siri Cruise
>>>>>>> <chine.bleu@www.yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>> Musk's political hit squad. He declares as waste his political
>>>>>>>> enemies. He lies and declares waste which you cretins
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stupid meth whore.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-takes-chainsaw-federal-
>>>>>>> spending-7-major-victories-week-got-done
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> DOGE finds a nearly untraceable budget line item responsible for
>>>>>>> $4.7T in payments Earlier this week, DOGE announced it had
>>>>>>> discovered an identification code linking U.S. Treasury payments
>>>>>>> to a budget line item, which accounts for nearly $4.7 trillion
>>>>>>> in payments, that was oftentimes left blank.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code
>>>>>>> linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard
>>>>>>> financial process)," DOGE wrote in a post on X.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7
>>>>>>> Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making
>>>>>>> traceability almost impossible. As of Saturday, this is now a
>>>>>>> required field, increasing insight into where money is actually
>>>>>>> going."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The agency thanked the U.S. Treasury for its work in identifying
>>>>>>> the optional field.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> According to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which is under
>>>>>>> the Treasury, TAS codes are used to describe any one of the
>>>>>>> account identification codes assigned by the Treasury and are
>>>>>>> also referred to as the "account."
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "$4.7 Trillion" so scary.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My question:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Over what period of time?
>>>>>
>>>>> What part of _almost impossible tracing_ got past you?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/us-news/doge-discovers-4-7-trillion-in-
>>>>> treasury-payments-were-missing-critical-code/
>>>>>
>>>>> The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday
>>>>> that some $4.7 trillion in payments from the Treasury Department
>>>>> were missing a critical tracking code, which made tracing the
>>>>> transactions “almost impossible.”
>>>> What part of "over what period of time" confused you?
>>>>
>>>> There are obviously individual records of expenditures.
>>>>
>>>> Those records allegedly lack a particular code.
>>>>
>>>> Does that mean they aren't dated?
>>>
>>> It means they are difficult if not impossible to track/trace.
>> As to their PURPOSE, perhaps (assuming we're getting all the facts.
>>
>> But obviously, there is an amount being claimed for each of the
>> records found.
>>
>> And those records almost certainly have dates, so I ask again:
>>
>> Over what time period?
> 
> Do you ever relent to reality?
> 
> "The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday
> that some $4.7 trillion in payments from the Treasury Department
> were missing a critical tracking code, which made tracing the
> transactions “almost impossible.”
> 

They make tracking the PURPOSE of the expenditures "almost impossible".

The very fact they can claim an amount means that other aspects of the 
expenditures ARE knowable.