Billionaire Elon Musk says the Treasury Department has agreed to a list of “super obvious” changes to allow more audits of government payments.
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BillionaireElonMuskoutlinedalistof“superobvious”changesthathisDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)planstomakeattheU.S.TreasuryDepartmentthisweekend.
Musksaysofficialsatthetreasuryareworkingtomakethegovernment’sbooksmoresimpletoaudit,aswellasmoreaccountabilityforwherefundsaregoing.Thechangesalsorequiretreasuryemployeestomorefrequentlyupdatethecongressional“donotpay”list,whichhighlightsfraudstersandillegalfronts.
“NobodyinTreasurymanagementcaredenoughbefore.IdowanttocredittheworkinglevelpeopleinTreasurywhohavewantedtodothisformanyyears,buthavebeenstoppedbypriormanagement,”Musksaid.
“EverythingatTreasurywasgearedtowardscomplain[t]minimization.People[who]receivemoneydon’tcomplain,butpeoplewhodon’treceivemoney(especiallyfraudsters)complainveryloudly,sothefraudwasallowedtocontinue,”headded.
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