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Personal Discretion Over the Treasury’s Payments System Mean...

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Personal Discretion Over the Treasury’s Payments System Mean...

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Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy

On Friday night, Elon Musk’s team gained access to the Department of Treasury’s payments system, which processes the federal spending that makes up more than a fifth of the U.S. economy. Social Security, Medicare, agricultural supports, the National Parks—a large majority of government spending flows through this spigot.Musk’s team not only has the ability to see every government payment, but can make changes to the system—which could mean havin…

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