Tuesday, February 25, 2025

21 employees resign from DOGE

More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, saying they refused to use their technical expertise to "dismantle critical public services."

Posted by lamplighter at 12:45 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

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... The employees also warned that many of those enlisted by Musk to help him slash the size of the federal government under President Donald Trump's administration were political ideologues who did not have the necessary skills or experience for the task ahead of them. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-25 12:46 PM

Communists, no doubt.

#2 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-02-25 01:11 PM

So $4.5 trillion in tax cuts but only $2 trillion in spending cuts.

Is this where the right stops pretending they're the fiscally responsible ones again?

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-25 01:54 PM

Ooops. Was reading one of the snippets in the link that wasn't about this.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-25 01:55 PM

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