From: Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Both Presidents Obama And Biden Said They Wanted To End Waste
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:26:51 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:36:20 -0500
Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 -0700, Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam> wrote:
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> >On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:02 -0800
> >Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> > =20
> >> On 2025-02-22 13:03, pothead wrote: =20
> >> > On 2025-02-22, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote: =20
> >> >> On 2025-02-22 12:38, Mercy-a-lago wrote: =20
> >> >>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:32:00 -0800 Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
> >> >>> wrote:=20
> >> >>>> On 2025-02-22 09:15, tye syding wrote: =20
> >> >>>>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:02:55 -0800 Siri Cruise
> >> >>>>> <chine.bleu@www.yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>> =20
> >> >>>>>> Musk's political hit squad. He declares as waste his
> >> >>>>>> political enemies. He lies and declares waste which you
> >> >>>>>> cretins =20
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> 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."
> >> >>>>> =20
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> "$4.7 Trillion" so scary.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> My question:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Over what period of time? =20
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 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 =E2=80=9Calmost impossible.=E2=80=9D =20
> >> >> 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? =20
> >> >=20
> >> > It means they are difficult if not impossible to track/trace. =20
> >> As to their PURPOSE, perhaps (assuming we're getting all the facts.
> >>=20
> >> But obviously, there is an amount being claimed for each of the
> >> records found.
> >>=20
> >> And those records almost certainly have dates, so I ask again:
> >>=20
> >> Over what time period? =20
> >
> >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 =E2=80=9Calmost impossible.=E2=80=9D =20
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> To repeat: Over what time period? =20
"$4.7 trillion in payments from the Treasury Department
were missing a critical tracking code, which made tracing the
transactions =E2=80=9Calmost impossible.=E2=80=9D =20