The Left's Narrative
On X: DOGE’s "slash-and-burn" approach has eliminated thousands of federal jobs, causing hardship for workers, including veterans, and creating "tremendous anxiety" (CBS News, Business Insider).Truth:
1. Reports like Newsweek (source for this article) cite 18,000 IRS and 10,000 USPS layoffs, but this is a fraction of the 2.3 million federal workforce— less than 5%. This isn’t a gutting but a trimming of excess.
2. Anecdotal "anxiety" (e.g., Murkowski’s quote) lacks data showing widespread economic ruin. Federal workers often receive severance or transition to private roles, cushioned by a strong job market.
3. Claims of veteran harm are unproven—Energy Department layoffs spared critical nuclear staff, and no mass veteran layoffs are documented.
4. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has long flagged duplicative roles—e.g., 94 programs across 11 agencies for STEM education cost $3 billion annually with little coordination (GAO, 2018). DOGE’s cuts target such redundancies.
5. With interest on the $35 trillion debt exceeding $1 trillion yearly (CBO projections), each redundant job—say, $80,000/year—compounds the burden. Cutting 100,000 jobs could save $8 billion annually, a small but critical dent.
6. Streamlining bloated agencies like the IRS, which struggles with backlogs despite staffing, ensures taxpayer dollars fund results
Cuts are modest and justified by rampant overlap and fiscal pressure.
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