Insane: Over One-Third of Payments Issued by Treasury Cannot Be Tracked Back to Appropriation

Red State ^ | 05/06/2025 | Susie Moore

[SeekAndFind]

With so much going on these days — on multiple fronts — it's difficult to keep up with it all. On Tuesday alone, there were multiple cabinet secretaries testifying before Congress, President Donald Trump made multiple appearances, commenting on everything from trade to FIFA, the Houthis cried "Uncle!", and India and Pakistan appear primed to bust out into an all-out war.

All of which is to say: I didn't have an opportunity to watch Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's testimony before the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee oversight hearing live. But looking back over some of the key moments, one was particularly jaw-dropping:

According to Bessent, over one-third of the 1.5 billion payments issued by the Treasury Department in the past year cannot be traced back to a corresponding appropriation. That's 500 million payments (not dollars — individual disbursements) that cannot readily be matched for auditing or accountability purposes.

Watch this exchange between Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Bessent: 

.@SecScottBessent: "There was no accountability. That is why the 450 organizations that sit above Treasury, where Treasury acts as the paymaster, are unable to pass an audit. So, we have cracked down on that. Every payment now requires a TAS number." pic.twitter.com/4kq7wYzNY6— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 6, 2025

HINSON: Can you define for the committee today what an improper payment is, and some examples of what you're seeing — and why these procedures were not already in place before, Mr. Secretary? 

BESSENT: Well...it's a bit mystifying why they weren't in place. And what we are seeing is that there was a very complacent upper level of management in many departments...across the entire government. What I can say at Treasury is that of the 1.5 billion payments...we send out every year, they are required to have something called a TAS — the Treasury Account Symbol. We discovered that more than one-third — one-third — of those payments did not have a TAS number. So, as the Appropriations Committee, you should be shocked by that because: How can a payment be tracked back to an appropriation? Only through the TAS number. So there was no accountability. So that is why the 450 organizations that sit above Treasury, where Treasury acts as the paymaster, are unable to pass an audit. So, we have cracked down on that. Every payment now requires a TAS number — very simple.

If you're like me, that has to leave you gobsmacked. Of course, we all knew that there was a lot of waste and inefficiency in the federal government. But the idea that 500 million disbursements per year had no way to be properly tracked or accounted for is beyond mindboggling. 

Of course we're drowning in debt: We've got elected representatives who spend like drunken sailors — enabled by a Treasury Department intent on shoveling money out the door willy-nilly. Thank God President Trump and DOGE and grown-ups like Sec. Bessent are at least attempting to bring some order and accountability to bear.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles are for the little people.

[Liz]

Treasury's Lebryk left.

right---Official portrait of Biden hire Nigerian Wally Adeyemo, (onetime Obama employee).

DOGE: David Lebryk controlled the computerized payment system responsible for $6 trillion in tax dollar Treasury payments before he refused to give Trump's DOGE team access to the system. His manager was a Nigerian immigrant,Wally Adeyemo, appointed by Biden.

Lebryk quit two weeks ago forfeiting his pension, refusing to turn over official Treasury documents chronicling his Treasury financial activities.......followed by Nigerian Wally's fleeing the scene.

[Aria]

they both need to be arrested.

[Liz]

No question......except Pam cant hear us.

She’s under the dryer getting her hair done for another Fox appearance.

[sten]

wish i knew this is how treasury check paying worked... i’d be pelosi-rich by now

[minnesota_bound]

The thieves partied with the stolen money.

DogeDesigner
@cb_doge
🚨 Elon Musk revealed Department of Education officials were using tax payers money to rent out stadiums for parties.

“As soon as we started requiring them to upload receipts, all this spendings stopped.”
https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1918096168091107461

Musk explained how over 100,000 federal workers were taking unemployment while still collecting paychecks from the government.
https://theamericantribune.com/arrests-have-to-happen-doge-called-on-to-arrest-100000-fired-federal-employees-after-alleged-fraud-revealed/

[joshua c]

coding everything to “Ask My Accountant” is much more efficient

really speeds things up

[Openurmind]

Either can all the direct payments appropriated and disbursed from the IMF and World Bank to other countries like the Ukraine. No way to tell if the Ukraine even got the money or not.

[Herakles]

All this crap is treason! Fire them all , charge them with treason, give them a trial and offer them hanging or El Salvador!

To think we were being taxed for this shit is mind blowing!

Oh, by the way, where are the peeps walks , Pam?

[Herakles]

All this crap is treason! Fire them all , charge them with treason, give them a trial and offer them hanging or El Salvador!

To think we were being taxed for this shit is mind blowing!

Oh, by the way, where are the perps walks , Pam?

[Liz]

In total, the US Congress has appropriated $175 billion tax dollars for Ukraine, including military, economic, and humanitarian aid.......aid includes
<><>tax dollars for defense needs,
<><>tax dollars for economic support,
<><>and tax dollars for “humanitarian assistance.”

The United States has provided Ukraine with approximately $123 billion in aid since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, with $69 billion allocated to military assistance.

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About $113.1 billion in tax dollars were authorized in 2022 for Ukraine, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Most of it–about $67.1 billion–was defense-related. The other $46 billion included:
<><>$26.9 billion for economic support;
<><>$7.9 billion for international disaster assistance;
<><>$6.6 billion in assistance for refugees;
<><>$1.5 billion for assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia;
<><>plus $3.1 billion for other non-defense spending.

US tax dollars helped Ukraine
<><>pay the salaries of 618,000 educators, 517,000 health workers, and 56,500 first responders
<><>helped sustain critical healthcare services,
<><>helped meet pension responsibilities for 9.8 million people,
<><>assisted 1.3 million internally displaced persons,
<><>provided housing assistance to 4.1 million people,
<><>provided social assistance to 240,000 low-income families
<><>helped subsidize 480,000 persons with disabilities,
<><>bought supplies for farmers,
<><>financed finding markets for small business.

[Openurmind]

I know that is what they are telling us... But I don’t know if you remember or not, but a year ago I found much more that was going out from the IMF and World Bank that was going to “undisclosed” recipients. I linked to that huge question mark on the US spending site back at the time. But since then they have revamped the US Spending website and that information is now not even available anymore, they hid that these payments were going to undisclosed recipients...

I will look, but I think I might have actually taken screenshots at the time because I was afraid they would hide it... I hope they are not on my other dead machine...

[Daveinyork]

Drunken sailors spend their own money.

[grobdriver]

Lebryk quit two weeks ago forfeiting his pension, refusing to turn over official Treasury documents chronicling his Treasury financial activities

How is this even possible, and who's doing the asking?

Government employee - government documents - hand them over or get on the floor, hands behind your back.

[Liz]

Lebryk quit two weeks ago forfeiting his pension, refusing to turn over
official Treasury documents chronicling his Treasury financial activities

How is this even possible, and who’s doing the asking——Government employee -
government documents - hand them over or get on the floor, hands behind your back.

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I guess Pam needed a trim and full highlights....so she was unavailable.

[LouAvul]

Yeah, it’s called “the second set of books.”

[combat_boots]

Related

https://gab.com/Freebeing/posts/114463318353771756#j7rylv4t0e

[SMARTY]

Then they sober up

[Carl Vehse]

"Musk explained how over 100,000 federal workers were taking unemployment while still collecting paychecks from the government."

Wake up, Pam!!

That's over 100,000 arrest warrants you need to sign and give to Kash today to have them arrested.