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DOGE Firings: The Cuts That Cut Everyone

More unemployment, higher business costs, and struggling local economies—this mess belongs to all of us.

Feb 21, 2025
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The Trump administration’s mass federal layoffs were sold as a brilliant cost-cutting measure, a way to make the government "efficient" under the watchful eye of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But the reality? This isn’t just a disaster for the thousands of federal employees suddenly without jobs—it’s a crisis for everyone.

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