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Musk's foray into revealing inefficiencies in government spending highlights a fundamental issue: many governmental bodies lack the capacity to effectively audit their expenditures. As illustrated through a personal recount of past consulting work within Alberta’s social services framework, fundamental inconsistencies plague the accuracy of governmental financial tracking. In this case, the department was unaware of how much of its budget effectively reached the intended beneficiaries—pointing to a systemic issue of opacity and mismanagement in public spending.