Posted on 02/08/2025 5:12:13 PM PST by Bobbyvotes
o be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:
- Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.
- All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING!
- The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily.
The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE . It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already!
Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious.
When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!!
This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately.
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If the executive branch, DOGE, is negotiating with the deep state part of the executive branch then the game is lost.
They used to be more careful with SS numbers. My take is, the Biden gang was worse than Obama, although Obama was by no means an ITIN hawk.
May be you have a better idea than Musk. May be call Trump and tell him you will replace Musk at DOGE.
It is disappointing.
When one has their enemy down, kill them.
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I wonder how much of this is laziness as opposed to obvious corruption. But damn…$1 billion a week?
Hopefully the negotiation is a Godfather style offer the Treasury couldn’t refuse. Either your brains or the payment categorization code and a rationale for the payment will be on the check.
it may be
” gee, it'd be a shame if someone got the immediate no expenses paid trip to gitmo if you all dont straighten up and fly right.” plus , some edifices are essential, treasury is essential. treasury is the key to end the fed res debt based fiat monetary system and the 16th. and irs good , metals based , money to chase out the bad ( fed res notes ) like jfk started with the silver backs . .
Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, should be all over this and nail down every outgoing dollar. If a recipient cannot provide a SSN or other recognized right to receive a check, payment should be denied.
Enough of this fraudulent use of taxpayer money.
Thx.
I’m sure there may be some entitlement money that isn’t associated with some or another SS number for some reason. But it is shocking that the people at Treasury have long believed they are paying out $50 billion a year in fraud and haven’t ever done anything about it until now. Maybe they are incompetent, or pass the buck… or were afraid of the consequences of finding out where it was going/stopping it!
We are in charge of Treasury now.
I believe that you nailed it. We just completed week three of PDJT 2.0 and he has made it totally clear that he isn’t f*cking around.
Isildur! Cast it into the fire!
$100B/year buys a LOT of airplane tickets, cell phones, housing, medical and groceries for these NON SS# Invaders!
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Doctors use these codes for billing. I believe there is a code for a patient “Struck by lightening”.
$100 Billion entitlements going out without a SSN! How is that possible? How do they cash checks at bank without SS Number? I guess my tax money at work!>>> There are a lot of regulations related to the use of a SSN as an identifier for stuff. It’s sole purpose is to be used by SSA for the administration of benefits. It has become the mark of the beast in the US cuz everyone uses it.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/1.32
This is a central planning-ish type solution that is doomed to not only expand the administrative layer, but also fail. Being the year 2025, it would be better to have all government employees start wearing multi-sensor bodycams at all times, their phones, meetings, and emails recorded for auditing, as well as every action on their smart phones and computer screens recorded. AI can go over the deluge of raw data to both document the who, what, when, where, and why, as well as create links to the raw recordings for detailed audit purposes. If the public servants don't like it, they can train their AI replacements and go back on welfare.
Ah, crap. I gotta go. I might be back in a couple weeks under a new Freepname.
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