1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

I strongly urge you to prevent Elon Musk, an unelected foreign national billionaire, from gaining control over the U.S. Treasury's payment systems that deliver vital benefits like Social Security and Medicare to millions of Americans. Granting an unaccountable private citizen access to these critical government functions poses an unacceptable risk to public funds and services. Musk has made clear his intention to severely cut social safety net programs that families rely on, all to pay for more tax breaks for the wealthy like himself. Putting the Treasury's payment systems under his influence would give him dangerous power to unilaterally freeze funding for Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and other essential initiatives as he sees fit. This represents an intolerable overreach of power for a private individual with clear conflicts of interest. The Treasury's systems process trillions of dollars annually and handle confidential payment data. Allowing a businessman like Musk, who profits from government contracts, to potentially manipulate these systems for his own gain is unconscionable. His reported efforts to install lackeys and fire career officials overseeing these functions demonstrate his disregard for proper governance. I urge you to take immediate action to safeguard the public interest and our democratic institutions from this alarming abuse of power. The American people's essential benefits and personal data must not be jeopardized by handing control to an unelected billionaire solely pursuing his own agenda at our expense. Decisive measures are needed to protect the integrity of the U.S. Treasury.