Theodore Schleifer

But the concern, especially for people who believe in the separation of powers, is that this could be a way for Musk— to essentially unilaterally decide to stop payments and things that have been authorized by Congress.

But the concern, especially for people who believe in the separation of powers, is that this could be a way for Musk— to essentially unilaterally decide to stop payments and things that have been authorized by Congress.

That if you suddenly have the ability to read Treasury payments as they're going out the door, couldn't Musk somehow find a way to, eh, we shouldn't spend the money on, you know, this thing or that thing. Let's cut 20 trillion right here to 30 trillion right there. And suddenly that makes Elon Musk more powerful than Congress. And that sort of is the concern.

That if you suddenly have the ability to read Treasury payments as they're going out the door, couldn't Musk somehow find a way to, eh, we shouldn't spend the money on, you know, this thing or that thing. Let's cut 20 trillion right here to 30 trillion right there. And suddenly that makes Elon Musk more powerful than Congress. And that sort of is the concern.

That if you suddenly have the ability to read Treasury payments as they're going out the door, couldn't Musk somehow find a way to, eh, we shouldn't spend the money on, you know, this thing or that thing. Let's cut 20 trillion right here to 30 trillion right there. And suddenly that makes Elon Musk more powerful than Congress. And that sort of is the concern.

And that's why this pretty technical approach distinction over read-only access versus kind of a more expansive power when it comes to Treasury's code. That's why that matters is because it tells you whether or not Elon Musk can just kind of read the book or write the book.

And that's why this pretty technical approach distinction over read-only access versus kind of a more expansive power when it comes to Treasury's code. That's why that matters is because it tells you whether or not Elon Musk can just kind of read the book or write the book.

And that's why this pretty technical approach distinction over read-only access versus kind of a more expansive power when it comes to Treasury's code. That's why that matters is because it tells you whether or not Elon Musk can just kind of read the book or write the book.

So the U.S. Digital Service was started during the second Obama term as a way to get more technologists into government. And it largely was doing things like, you know, pushing for making it easier to file your tax returns online or, you know, updating government websites, things that were pretty non-controversial.

So the U.S. Digital Service was started during the second Obama term as a way to get more technologists into government. And it largely was doing things like, you know, pushing for making it easier to file your tax returns online or, you know, updating government websites, things that were pretty non-controversial.

So the U.S. Digital Service was started during the second Obama term as a way to get more technologists into government. And it largely was doing things like, you know, pushing for making it easier to file your tax returns online or, you know, updating government websites, things that were pretty non-controversial.

But it was established and it was an existing department, and I think they had somewhere around 200 employees all around government, sort of being detailed to various tasks there. Doge, which originally was sort of conceived of as an outside entity, sort of jujitsu-ed its way into working as a successor organization sort of to the USDS, to the US Digital Service.

But it was established and it was an existing department, and I think they had somewhere around 200 employees all around government, sort of being detailed to various tasks there. Doge, which originally was sort of conceived of as an outside entity, sort of jujitsu-ed its way into working as a successor organization sort of to the USDS, to the US Digital Service.

But it was established and it was an existing department, and I think they had somewhere around 200 employees all around government, sort of being detailed to various tasks there. Doge, which originally was sort of conceived of as an outside entity, sort of jujitsu-ed its way into working as a successor organization sort of to the USDS, to the US Digital Service.

They just kept it called the United States Doge Service now instead. And essentially what that enables the Doge team to do is they don't need to create a new office. They're just kind of taking over the existing office. And they have now put all of their detail ease in into Doge and into the USDS.

They just kept it called the United States Doge Service now instead. And essentially what that enables the Doge team to do is they don't need to create a new office. They're just kind of taking over the existing office. And they have now put all of their detail ease in into Doge and into the USDS.

They just kept it called the United States Doge Service now instead. And essentially what that enables the Doge team to do is they don't need to create a new office. They're just kind of taking over the existing office. And they have now put all of their detail ease in into Doge and into the USDS.

And they're now farmed out across various agencies, you know, including the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees kind of the civil service or the General Services Administration, the GSA, which kind of manages government real estate. But all these people technically work for the USDS. And it was it was a pretty clever way to get in the front door

And they're now farmed out across various agencies, you know, including the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees kind of the civil service or the General Services Administration, the GSA, which kind of manages government real estate. But all these people technically work for the USDS. And it was it was a pretty clever way to get in the front door

And they're now farmed out across various agencies, you know, including the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees kind of the civil service or the General Services Administration, the GSA, which kind of manages government real estate. But all these people technically work for the USDS. And it was it was a pretty clever way to get in the front door