On Tuesday, Red State posted an article that might explain how some of the government’s run-away spending comes to pass.

The article reports:

I didn’t have an opportunity to watch Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s testimony before the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee oversight hearing live. But looking back over some of the key moments, one was particularly jaw-dropping:

According to Bessent, over one-third of the 1.5 billion payments issued by the Treasury Department in the past year cannot be traced back to a corresponding appropriation. That’s 500 million payments (not dollars — individual disbursements) that cannot readily be matched for auditing or accountability purposes. 

The article concludes:

Of course we’re drowning in debt: We’ve got elected representatives who spend like drunken sailors — enabled by a Treasury Department intent on shoveling money out the door willy-nilly. Thank God President Trump and DOGE and grown-ups like Sec. Bessent are at least attempting to bring some order and accountability to bear.

Every day gives us another reason to be glad that we elected a businessman instead of a politician to be President. The government has gone so far from good business practices that it is amazing we have not yet gone completely broke. The payments that cannot be traced back to a corresponding appropriation like add up to billions of dollars. It’s time to spend taxpayers’ money wisely. Obviously that is not happening right now.