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Transparency Is the Key to Honest Finance

Transparency Is the Key to Honest Finance
The Department of the Treasury building in Washington on April 10, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) knew exactly where to look on the evening of the inauguration. It went where no one has been in almost 80 years: the payment systems of the Department of the Treasury. That’s the forbidden zone, and DOGE’s entry caused five former secretaries of the Treasury Department to melt down in a panic, protesting that no one but a handful of career civil service employees are allowed in there.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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