DOGE News

[Yazata]

DOGE says:

https://x.com/DOGE/status/1891614960452522187

"The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process).

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. Thanks to @USTreasury for the great work."

https://tfx.treasury.gov/taxonomy/term/10257

In other words, the TAS code is what ties a federal payment from the Treasury, to whatever budget appropriation that (ideally) authorizes it.

[Yazata]

There are currently 18.9 million individuals who are over 100 years old and still have active social security numbers. 12 million of these are over 120. There's actually one active account for an individual 360-370 years old!

Yet the census seems to think that there are only 86,000 Americans over 100.

Certainly, it isn't clear that all 18.9 million accounts are still receiving payments each month. Apparently social security can't inactivate a number until they receive proof that the individual whose number it is is deceased. And very likely the families/executors of many people who die never bother to inform social security of the death.

The concern is if an individual is receiving benefits and social security can't halt old age benefits without evidence that the recipient is dead, you could have many millions of zombie accounts pumping checks and direct deposits into bank accounts somewhere.

There are currently only 72.9 million social security recipients, so at least potentially this could impact a significant percentage of them. We really need to know how many zombie accounts are still receiving benefits.

Add to that the fact that there are something like 60 million more active social security numbers than there are current US citizens. Even if we subtract 20 million accounts because the owner is actually deceased, who are those other 40 million people who have US social security numbers? People with multiple SS numbers? Foreigners?

This is why Elon says that while a lot more information and investigation is needed, this has the potential of being the largest fraud in US (and perhaps world) history. Many billions of dollars a month potentially, out of a shaky social security system whose longer term solvency is very much in question. And it's why DOGE has to have deep access to the accounts so as to be able to determine who is actually receiving monthly payments and precisely where those payments are going.

[Syne]

No one has said anything about acquiring Ukraine or Taiwan, Canada and Greenland would be completely voluntary, and Panama signed an agreement spelling out our oversight rights. So this is just delusional and historically ignorant TDS run amok.

[Yazata]

The saga of Leland Dudek.

At 4:30 in the afternoon a couple of days ago he was hauled before the outgoing Biden Social Security Administrator and told that he was being suspended, and would be fired. Why? Because he was helping Elon and working with DOGE.

"They want to fire me,” Dudek said. "I confess. I helped DOGE understand SSA."

Well President Trump quickly got on the phone with the Social Security Administrator where things appear to have gotten a bit testy, before the Administrator told Trump, 'You can't fire me, I quit!'

So not only is Dudek still at SSA and still helping Elon, he's also been named Acting Social Security Administrator until the President's permanent pick for the position is confirmed by the Senate.

Office politics to the death with Ukraine-style intensity...

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And the President says that DOGE plans to audit the gold supply at Fort Knox. He says that he expects it to all be there, but if it isn't he will be "very upset". (It hasn't been audited since the 1950's.)

And Elon wants to do a live stream.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1892422930274881918

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https://babylonbee.com/news/cruel-elon-m...r-veterans

"U.S. — The Department of Government Efficiency faced renewed calls for independent oversight after news broke that DOGE boss Elon Musk had callously cut off Social Security benefits for thousands of Revolutionary War veterans...

At publishing time, DOGE was reportedly seeking a way to verify the ages and identities of the Revolutionary War veterans by asking Senator Mitch McConnell if he knew any of them from back then..."

[Yazata]

President Trump gives Elon the order to be more aggressive:

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And here's video of Elon and his DOGE men before heading into battle:

"Strength and Honor! At my Signal, Unleash Hell!"

https://x.com/iam_smx/status/1893383494790770919

[Syne]

Elon demanded a productivity report, of what federal employees did over the last week. He said if they do not submit one, he'll consider that a resignation.

[Magical Realist]

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[Zinjanthropos]

Briefly off the top of my head….Tesla’s 120,000 employees averaging about $100G per year probably pay at least 15-20% income tax annually. Then there’s all the other tax money like sales tax that people pay. Then there’s all the people who work in spin off companies that supply Tesla and what have you got? A lot of tax money. A few billionaires and their ilk are a requirement, like it or not.

[confused2]

Anyone who declares no income and doesn't live in their parents basement should be assumed to be evading tax.

[Syne]

Someone doesn't understand US tax law.