Source: In These Times
by Sarah Jaffe
“The CFPB was one of the few remnants of the 2008 financial crisis that actually aimed to help ordinary people. The workers locked out of the agency spoke about their jobs, the value of the work they did, reminding themselves and their audience that federal employees have vital jobs that working Americans rely on. Naturally, that’s placed it in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which has so far functioned like a private hit squad, moving in and out of various government offices in what Reuters, based on the analysis of two Republican experts, called ’an ideological assault on federal agencies long hated by conservatives.'” [editor’s note: The avowed purpose of this effort is to cut back all the fraud, waste and money laundering, and then see if some needs to be reinstated – SAT] [additional editor’s note: “Avowed” is not the same thing as “actual” – TLK] (02/14/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/federal-workers-rise-up-musk-trump-doge