DOGE is said to have read-only access to government payment systems. This makes sense if the goal is an audit of what the government is really doing – versus what “they” say it is doing. We were taught in business school that to understand how an organization really works – versus what they tell you about how it works – you need to understand the incentive structure – thus, DOGE is tracking government’s actual spending: How Musk’s access to Treasury system may impact Social Security
That is what I think is going on at this time … but who knows?
Update
This says they are using software systems to trace the money flow: EKO on X: “OVERRIDE: INSIDE THE REVOLUTION REWIRING AMERICAN POWER ” / X
It seems that no one has done a meaningful audit before, and if they did, they did not use modern software tools. They are discovering billions and billions in likely fraudulent payments.
But note that no specific sources for this are cited and none of it, for now, can be verified. This could be a fanciful story.
