• Zelaya@lemmy.today
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      This is how the US has always worked. Rich people using the government for their interest and billions in subsidies. They are just taking it a step up by wanting to get rid of government workers and replace them with ai bs.

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      This is the consequences of giving too much power to the president. He can basically do everything he wants with a decree.

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    15 hours ago

    The Washington Post reported Friday that the highest-ranking career official at Treasury is leaving the department after “a clash” with people working for Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over “access to sensitive payment systems,” citing three unnamed sources.

    The DOGE officials have been asking for access to the system — which controls the flow of more than $6 trillion annually to programs like Social Security and Medicare — since after the election in November. The Trump administration has been looking for ways to stop the flow of federal money appropriated by Congress, including hastily ordering a confusing spending freeze, which experts say violates the Constitution.