An open letter to the U.S. Congress

Firing of civil servants shifts taxpayer dollars to private pockets

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I'm writing to you today as a constituent concerned for civil servants who have been laid off unfairly, the impacts to the economy from their unemployment, the loss of skills and knowledge from these firings, and the potential for private industry to scrape the now open federal funds into their own CEOs pockets. Private company CEOs have already made this potential clear, with Palantir and others telling investors that Doge’s plans represent an opportunity for their companies. Musk has made this clear in his emails to civil servants, telling them to leave the "low productivity government sector" and join the "high productivity private sector". This is a ridiculous dismissal of good, hard working civil servants who have made their career in serving the American public and benefiting them wherever possible. This is not true for private companies, that hold their stakeholders interests at heart and will gladly harm anyone else to make a buck. This is seen in DOGE, who per the Fortune, has doubled its budget from $6.75 million to about $14.4 million just weeks after its inception. The advisory group claimed to have already saved taxpayers $37.7 billion, but has not disclosed details on how it calculated that number. Despite the clear direction, hiring, and otherwise leadership from Musk, on February 18th, Trump, Musk, and other claimed that Musk was "tech support," "a senior advisor," and anything except the lead of DOGE. They spent the entire interview with Sean Hannity lying, saying the American people want these actions, while the hundreds of emails and phone calls you have been getting clearly show otherwise. They used that same interview to claim that we, as civilians, should be concerned about civil servants being unelected, not Musk, clearly ignoring the qualifications and hiring process required for a normal civil servant, besides ignoring the staggering logistics of hiring 2 million people every 4 years or less. How long are we going to let private companies rip apart the federal government for their own profit while lying to our faces? How long are YOU going to let this happen? As a representative of the American people are you going to do anything? Are you not also scared for the civil servants who have been laid off, scared for the economy after mass layoffs and exorbitant tariffs? I'm scared for the future of American democracy. If you're not, maybe you should wake up and look at the news. I look forward to hearing back on what actions you are taking to stop this madness.

▶ Created on February 19 by Concerned_Citizen

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