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On 2025-02-22 16:09, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:19:18 -0800
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Some are, some not.
> 
> Oh well.
> 

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