Re:Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over acce...
by jfengel on Monday February 03, 2025 @02:14PM
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I am decidedly opposed to this, but since you didn't get an answer, I'll try to steelman one.
It gives him the ability to excise unwise spending. He can figure out where the money is going, and if it's being spent badly, he can stop it (possibly directly, possibly through pre-existing channels). It avoids getting caught up in the bureaucracy, which cannot fix itself but needs to be replaced from outside.
I'm fairly certain that this is not in fact what is going to happen, and that the real goal is to gather data on his enemies and harass them. But we'll see who's right soon enough.
It gives him the ability to excise unwise spending. He can figure out where the money is going, and if it's being spent badly, he can stop it (possibly directly, possibly through pre-existing channels). It avoids getting caught up in the bureaucracy, which cannot fix itself but needs to be replaced from outside.
I'm fairly certain that this is not in fact what is going to happen, and that the real goal is to gather data on his enemies and harass them. But we'll see who's right soon enough.