Summary
IRS worker Robert McCabe, a Trump voter, expressed shock after being among 7,000 laid off by DOGE, an initiative under the Trump administration led by Elon Musk.
McCabe stated DOGE is acting like a “wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason.”
The layoffs, targeting probationary employees with less than a year of service, affect hundreds at the IRS and are part of a broader effort to shrink the federal workforce.
The cuts raise concerns about impacts on tax collection during a critical season.
I know they don’t really care about laws or what’s legal but this is his last 4 years unless they go full on mask off dictator. So far, he’s doing a bang up job trying to position himself as such.
I don’t think that’s clear by any means.
They’re implementing the machinery for authoritarian control.