DOGE Cracking Down on Fraud - Finds at Least $50B

More than $100 billion in entitlement payments are being made to individuals without a Social Security Number (SSN) or even a temporary ID.

Treasury officials estimate that at least $50 billion per year—or $1 billion per week—is clear and obvious fraud. Calling this situation “utterly insane,” Musk stressed the urgent need for reform.

To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following:

– Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025

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