An Achievement for the Ages

Economics
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From the linked article:

He [Elon Musk] explained the problem they [DOGE] had discovered at the U.S. Treasury. The outgoing payment systems had not been monitored, audited, or even looked at by an elected official or outside appointee since 1945 or possibly earlier. There were nearly $5 trillion in payments flying out without any tag linking to Congressional authorization or a source of authority.

Musk said that DOGE has changed this so that the systems now have to comply with normal accounting standards that prevail in the business world. He estimates that this one change will save $100 billion.

He further explains that such a shabby system builds in a strange bias always to keep paying no matter what. That’s easier than having to deal with individuals, nonprofits, or companies and their protests against getting cut off.

In other words, if you have a system through which unlimited amounts of money flow, and no one is really incentivized to care that it is being used well, and no professionals in place tasked with the job of stopping leakage, it can continue forever until bankruptcy. And it would have too, but for the Trump administration’s demand for a change.

For the first time since the Second World War, the U.S. Department of Treasury now has a fiscal assistant secretary who was not chosen from within the ranks of the bureaucracy. There have only been 15 people in this position over 85 years, and they all came from within the system.

So far, this is the biggest contribution of the Trump administration: simply to open up, reveal, disclose, and bring accountability to what has been shrouded in mystery for the whole of our lives. There is a very long way to go, and the process of getting from here to there is not going to be easy. Many people have a strong interest in keeping the affairs of state behind a protecting veil.

We’ve at least made some progress toward the goal. How much? We won’t really know for sure how far we have to go until we can comprehend the whole of it. That’s the job right now, just cleaning up the house and making it presentable for show. Trump has only four years to achieve it. If it works, it will be an achievement for the ages.

Read it all here:
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/iUJJKAlRH2/5kdG8QBtO/NHErefYg9Mw

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#2

Yes, it will be a monumental accomplishment to clean up the staggering depth of this corruption.
Just the fact that it hasn’t even been looked at since 1945 is a pretty good clue that what’s about to be exposed isn’t just a swamp, but an ocean of historic proportions!

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#3

Here’s what I love about Trump - not only does he make great promises - he keeps them!
He is actually doing all the things he said he would do, in record time, and on a grand scale.
Unlike just about every other politician in history, he’s not a phony who just lies to keep the “gravy train” going. He actually intends to stop the train, and only a man of his strength could do it.

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#4

Once again, the damned squishes on the Supreme Court failed to uphold the Constitution. Roberts and Barrett joined the leftist twits to uphold the ruling of a leftist judge that our taxes must continue to fund the Marxist USAID crap.
And the congress failed to pass Tubervilles bill to keep men out of womens sports.
They are just going to block him at every turn.

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#5

Oh djeeziz! Yes, what is it with Roberts and Barrett?

Alito says he was “stunned”. So am I.

So probably are the other three justices who stood with him on this matter.

Do you know what reasons Roberts and/or Barrett gave for their stunningly bad decision?

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#6

I haven’t heard anything yet about Roberts or Barret’s reasoning. But they both already have a history of being unreliable, so I’m not surprised.
Trump must really regret nominating Barret.
I’m sure he’ll choose more carefully if one retires and needs replacing in the next four years, but he may not get the chance to pick another one.

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