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First, it is simply false to say that treasury payments do not have a "payment categorization code". It is notable, by the way, that he uses this completely invented phrase rather than the actual phrase "Treasury Account Symbol" (TAS). Indeed, it's impossible to find another use of this phrase using an internet search engine in any context, let alone the Treasury context. The far more limited "deficiency" pointed out by the Government Accountability Office report Krause referenced is that information about individual government transactions were recorded in multiple different account entries separately by some government agencies and thus individual transactions could not be readily traced through to all the accounting ledgers they effected.
No chud, the government doesn't need to note where it's spending your money and it was definitely working on a system to fix that by 2028 possibly 
On to Musk's next claim: the need for "rationales". The idea of putting a "rationale" for each and every individual payment (or payment file) makes little sense in the context of how the system works. Think of this in your own life: do you fill out a little form that provides your "rationale" for purchasing an item every time you swipe your credit card? If you were required to do so, you would react very negatively for the same reason you should react very negatively here: if you had to put a rationale then someone could reject your spending requests on the basis of providing the "wrong" rationale.
Imagine the right wing uproar when the possibility emerged of restricting purchases of meat through such a "rationale for transaction" system. This should be seen as no different. The "Treasury Account Symbol" (TAS) provides the only rationale that should matter which is that congress appropriated the spending. Of course, if you want to abrogate congressional spending then that is obviously not sufficient and, in fact, counterproductive.
No chud, the government doesn't need to note why it's spending your money 
Imagine if the government were buying some groceries and the government's credit card was rejected at the checkout, chud, that would be terrible. What if the government imposed fascist restrictions on you, chud, how would you feel? 
This all goes back to Musk's tendency to think that there is, can be or should be a "button" that determines all of this and its corrupt, inefficient bureaucrats preventing this from happening. He simply doesn't understand how complex these systems are or why they are the way they are. Take the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) for instance. It is a Bureau of the Fiscal Service system for collecting delinquent federal or state debts. One former Bureau of the Fiscal Service employee explained to me that there are rules that determine:
Actually, chud, the bureaucratic tumour is a good thing and hasn't metastasized enough 
To include my own editorial comment for a moment, this is why it's so alarming to see him talk about updating this list "weekly, or even daily". This strongly suggests to me that he is talking about arbitrarily and rapidly expanding the list of people and entities on lists such as the Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) list without any due process to block them from government payments. As I discussed the Wednesday before last, the apparatuses for capriciously destroying the financial life of disfavored entities and people has been constructed over multiple decades with active Democratic participation and support. Now they are in the hands of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Thus, again, Musk's comments hide a desire for unchecked power over others under a false narrative about governmental "inefficiency".
My sources are also very skeptical that any career Treasury employee told Elon Musk that half of the expenditures that constituted "entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN" were "unequivocal and obvious fraud". It's hard to say more without knowing the context. This is the difficult thing with government by the pronouncement of Elon Musk. He can say stuff without any corroboration much faster than anyone else can check facts or correct falsehoods.
There's no fraud chud, my sources are 'skeptical' 
In the meantime, it is exhausting how much effort is required to deconstruct one Elon Musk tweet. He can lie about very complex and technical systems much faster than he can be answered, but nevertheless it's important to periodically critically assess what the richest man in the world is saying as he continually tries to justify chopping the government up and selling it for parts like this is a private equity takeover.
Actually Musk is just lying, chud 
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Using AI directly is useless too it just tells me to reinstall when the installation itself is the problem then rewords itself to tell me to install repeatedly until it starts hallucinating 
I hate the modern web I hate the modern web I hate the modern web
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South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality. The South African government has not confiscated any land.
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) February 3, 2025
The recently adopted Expropriation Act is not a confiscation instrument, but a constitutionally mandated legal…
and 
) go on a date and its as gay as you'd expect.
- TimWalz : They're annoying cute twinks
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I don't really have any gay friends. One guy I follow on the gram and I just found out cuz of valanetiMes day.
They seem very performative to me. Which is not a very male trait imo. Are they just making themsleves men for the female gaze? Like speaking English with a foreign accent vs being a native speaker. A lot of women seem to like them.
I was loose friends with a few lesbians in high school but I thought I had nothing in common with them. I'm just curious, what do people see in them? How like men are they? Do you think they truly like what they're interested in?
Don't mean to ruffle feathers! 🪶
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It's a mystery to me why a great guy like you couldn't manage to win over voters, what with ageism, ad hominem attack and lying about other people's kids as a strategy. pic.twitter.com/DNBRNT7uxo
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 6, 2025
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Bottom text.
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— Magills (@magills_) February 9, 2025
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.webp?h=10 "Headphones (black) - Situational awareness: 0")
Patriots are still falling for old rDrama bait lmao 
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It's no different than rightoids commenting "Vaxxed????" on any news article regarding the death of someone under the age of 65.
Chud seethe hitting Jan 6 levels. Barricade the Capitol.
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Congratulations Best Country Album winner - 'COWBOY CARTER' @beyonce 🎶 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/jLVnG5T6aw
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 3, 2025
Beyoncé won the Grammy for the best country album.
— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) February 3, 2025
Even she knows it's rigged pic.twitter.com/NzncvWTal2
There’s no way Beyoncé deserved to win a Grammy for Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”. It’s not even good! She only won because she’s a black woman and the Grammys are woke af. This was a DEI award. pic.twitter.com/7FVMZg6R40
— Right Winged Angel (@RightWngdAngel) February 3, 2025
Beyonce can shut the frick up now. You see the win for #GRAMMYs and she's NOT country. That's fricking dog shit music. And you know that they paid for that best of country album. Wonder how much Jay Z paid the academy to get that shit for her?
— Danny 🇺🇸🏒⚾️🐈✝️ (@HawkeyeRoad) February 3, 2025
Fricking pitiful. No wonder I skip it.
the CMAs didn’t even consider beyonce and she still won best country album at the grammys. i know those racists mad #Grammys pic.twitter.com/9Maotr5m9r
— ً (@drivenbyfilms) February 3, 2025
Imagine they tried to play Beyoncé at the country music awards by not even giving her a single nomination, meanwhile she won a whole butt Grammy for Best Country Album. pic.twitter.com/YRMw8gm15E
— goodaz. (@tsunamitaj) February 3, 2025
Kacey Musgraves was SO PISSED about Beyonce winning Best Country Album 😂 #grammys pic.twitter.com/u95FYUm2vg
— Don Chenz (@DonChenz) February 3, 2025
Taylor Swift presenting Beyonce with the Grammy for Best Country Album is sure to make MAGA heads explode. pic.twitter.com/i93W2dCUJV
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) February 3, 2025
I don't care about Beyonce or country music and have never listened to a second of this album, but I think it's pretty obvious this is how Kamala can still win.
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