Billionaire Elon Musk has outlined a list of “ultra-obvious” changes his government efficiency (DOGE) is planning to make this weekend at the US Treasury.
Musk says Treasury officials are not only making it easier to audit government books, but also increasing accountability for where the funds are heading. The change also requires Treasury employees to update Congress' “Do not Pay” lists that highlight fraudsters and illegal aspects more frequently.
“No one in finance management cared enough. I've wanted to do this for many years, but I want to trust people at the work level in the Ministry of Finance who have been stopped by the prior management team. ” Musk said.
“Everything about the Ministry of Finance was directed at complaining.[t] Minimize. people [who] I don't complain about receiving money, but those who don't receive money (particularly the con artists) complain so loudly that the fraud was allowed to continue,” he added. .
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“The very obvious and necessary changes mentioned above have been implemented by existing long-standing career government employees, not by anyone at Doge,” Musk added.
“It's ridiculous that these changes don't exist yet! Yesterday I was told that I currently have more than $10 billion in qualification payments to individuals who don't have an SSN or temporary ID number. ” he continued. “If accurate, this is very suspicious. When someone from the Treasury asked if they roughly speculated which percentage of that number was a clear and obvious scam, the room consensus was about half. So, 5 billion dollars or $1B/week per year!!
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Billionaire Elon Musk's Doge is targeting the Treasury Department. (Kenny Holston Pool/Getty Images)
Musk's tilade to the Treasury comes shortly after a federal judge blocks his ability to access Doge's Treasury system. Tesla's CEO accused the verdict of being “crazy” this weekend.
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A lawsuit filed by the 19 Democrat Attorney General on Friday alleges that Musk's team violated the law, being given “full access” to the Treasury payment system. The system contains information about Americans social security, Medicare and veteran benefits, tax refund information, and more.
The lawsuit was filed in New York by the office of New York Attorney General Leticia James. Donald Trump “He has no authority to provide American personal information to those he chooses and cannot reduce federal payments approved by Congress.”
A federal judge stepped in to block Doge from accessing the Treasury system. (Robert Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent has expressed support for Musk and Kuzi in the past, and has recently said that the US has “no income issues, there are spending issues.”
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“The Treasury Department has not touched on our payment system,” Bescent said in a “Kudrow” interview on Wednesday. “We process 1.3 billion payments a year. There's research done. There's a lot of accountability, more accuracy, more traceability.
