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 15:03:59 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:01:15 -0800
Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-23 13:28, Mercy-a-lago wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:08:56 -0800
> > Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> > =20
> >> On 2025-02-23 11:26, Mercy-a-lago wrote: =20
> >>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:36:20 -0500
> >>> Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> =20
> >>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 -0700, Mercy-a-lago <run@no.spam>
> >>>> wrote: =20
> >>>>> 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-trilli=
on-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
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> It means they are difficult if not impossible to track/trace.
> >>>>>>> =20
> >>>>>> 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? =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
> >>>>
> >>>> 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
> >>
> >> If all the data was "impossible" to track, where did the dollar
> >> figure come from? =20
> >=20
> > From what they DID find, duh.
> > =20
> >> The fact is that those records were ONLY lacking a TAS. =20
> >=20
> > Then maybe they have more than they're telling us, ya think maybe? =20
> You really don't understand any of this, do you?
You really can't cope with their holding some back, can you?