> Treasury officials have long maintained that its role is to serve as the federal government’s checkbook — and that the decision about whether to approve or de

> Treasury officials have long maintained that its role is to serve as the federal government’s checkbook — and that the decision about whether to approve or deny payment belongs to individual agencies based on funds appropriated by Congress. > “The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups. They literally never denied a payment in their entire career. Not even once,” Musk wrote on X. Like, this is a no shit Sherlock thing right? If congress passes funding for something, why would we ever want the Treasury to refuse to process it? Would Musk be okay if his accountants at X refused to pay for things he told them to because they don't like it?