Summary
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to cut 75% of federal agencies, reducing them from 428 to 99, in collaboration with Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), led by Vivek Ramaswamy.
Johnson’s agenda includes defunding PBS, Planned Parenthood, and curbing the “administrative state” through legislation and executive orders under Donald Trump.
Critics warn such cuts would impact jobs, healthcare, and essential services.
Backed by recent Supreme Court rulings limiting agency authority, Johnson and DOGE aim to reduce federal regulations, sparking significant debate over these drastic proposals.
There are roughly 2 million US government employees. So 1.5 million people unemployed? Which wouldn’t send unemployment sky high, but pretty high.
1.5 million in direct unemployment, but consider the knock on unemployment for all the services those workers won’t need. Coffee shops, dry cleaners, parking lots, Uber/Lift drivers, childcare, etc. Employed people pay for services while employed that are directly tied to that employment and those businesses will also layoff their workers when these jobs disappear
No, though I imagine they would rather hire a ton of contractors and end up paying them more
I think it’s privitazion that will be their preferred option. The government workers will be offered jobs in the private sector at less pay while the privatized company will charge more.
They’ll probably even have another company that will manage leasing office space. The We Work guy is probably waiting for his comeback.
