Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has put veterans, clean water, and law enforcement officers on the chopping block.
Its proposed $516 billion a year in cuts reveal a disastrous and corrupt agenda.
Here’s what his “efficiency” commission would do:
Its proposed $516 billion a year in cuts reveal a disastrous and corrupt agenda.
Here’s what his “efficiency” commission would do:
Abolish the Department of Veterans Affairs, closing almost 1,400 health facilities and cutting off care to 9 million veterans.
Cut $35 billion from law enforcement that keeps us safe, eliminating the FBI, ATF, all federal prisons, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals.
Strip funding that keeps our drinking water safe, cleans up contaminated sites, and protects consumers and communities from chemicals’ harms.
Eliminate Head Start, which provides free quality pre-school to 800,000 children, forcing those families to spend almost $12,000 a year on child care.
Abolish the Securities and Exchange Commission, which acts as the top cop against Wall Street—like when the SEC fined Elon Musk $20 million for fraud.
Close the National Institutes of Health, eliminating our nation’s leader in finding cures for cancer and chronic diseases.
Slash funding for NASA.
This would *conveniently* make the government more reliant on SpaceX. The company is owned by billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and *conveniently* co-chair of this disastrous commission.
This would *conveniently* make the government more reliant on SpaceX. The company is owned by billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and *conveniently* co-chair of this disastrous commission.
Gut the Coast Guard, which has 40,000+ active-duty service members that defend our nation’s borders, protect and patrol our oceans, and are key to our fight against fentanyl.
Defund FEMA as more communities face increasingly disastrous extreme weather events brought on by climate change.
In the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, FEMA has helped hundreds of thousands, and its response has received bipartisan praise.
In the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, FEMA has helped hundreds of thousands, and its response has received bipartisan praise.
Eliminate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, increasing energy costs for 5.1 million households—which is especially harmful as winter approaches.
Eliminate almost all funding for the 2.3 million low-income households and nearly 79,000 veterans who receive Housing Choice Vouchers, further exacerbating the housing affordability crisis.
Eliminate Pell grants, which currently help more than a third of all students afford 2-year community college, career school, trade school, online school, or 4-year college.
Slash funding for international narcotics control, which would hinder our ability to crack down on drug cartels and fentanyl traffickers.
If there’s waste in the federal government, we should find it and eliminate it.
But let’s not trust two creepy billionaires who think law enforcement, veterans, child care, policing Wall Street, and clean air and water are a waste.
But let’s not trust two creepy billionaires who think law enforcement, veterans, child care, policing Wall Street, and clean air and water are a waste.
So far, here’s what Trump’s “efficiency” co-chair would cut: cbo.gov/publication/60…
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