[link removed] [[link removed]] John,
If we’ve learned one thing over the past several months, it’s this: billionaires may not actually be the experts in government efficiency.
The feud last week between President Trump and Elon Musk revealed just how transactional the relationship between the two men was, and it exposed the pettiness at play in their decision making, and how it threatens the lives and livelihoods of everyday Americans. Let me be clear:
Hiring decisions in the federal government for roles like meat packers and public health specialists should be made based on expertise, not loyalty.
Federal contracts for things like disaster relief and national security should be awarded based on value and quality, not loyalty.
And government programs should not be cut at random by feuding billionaires who seem more concerned with their own profits than the wellbeing of the American people.
We saw reporting [[link removed]] this week that DOGE’s cuts were so haphazard that the Trump administration has been scrambling to rehire many federal employees that it dismissed earlier this year, now that it understands how important their functions are.
But that should have been obvious from the start.
As I’ve been saying since February [[link removed]] , if Trump was truly serious about cutting down on waste, fraud and abuse, he would have turned to inspectors general and the Government Accountability Office— both of which have track records of returning taxpayers’ investments many times over.
Instead of a strategic pursuit of government efficiency, here’s what we’re seeing from Trump:
* He’s golfed at his own businesses more than 75 times [[link removed]] in fewer than 150 days in office.
* He’s throwing a military parade this weekend, which could cost taxpayers up to $45 million [[link removed]] .
Meanwhile, he’s requesting [[link removed]] “recissions,” or funding cuts, from Congress to programs with key functions like mitigating infectious diseases, emergency services for refugees, global AIDS prevention and public broadcasting.
The cuts are so galling that some Republicans have already said they won’t support them.
We’ve joined [[link removed]] 100+ other organizations in opposing Trump’s recissions, which are just an attempt to paper over the fact that the administration has been cutting funds illegally and without congressional approval for months now.
Of course, we’re also still fighting for transparency from the so-called “ Department of Government Efficiency [[link removed]] ” and the Office of Management and Budget [[link removed]] .
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Thank you,
Donald Sherman
Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel
CREW
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