💰DOGE orders agencies submit RIF plans affecting 50,000 positions

Fewer federal inspectors, scientists, and case workers reduces government capacity to deliver services citizens depend on daily. Mass layoffs eliminate institutional knowledge and professional expertise essential for effective implementation of congressional legislation and regulatory oversight that protects public welfare.

Federal employee salaries support local businesses, housing markets, and service providers in communities across the nation. Economic impacts spread beyond government when federal workers lose jobs, reducing consumer spending that sustains local economies dependent on government employment and contractor spending.

Experienced federal employees possess specialized expertise about complex programs, regulations, and policy implementation accumulated over decades. Brain drain eliminates professional knowledge essential for competent government operations while reducing capacity to effectively implement congressional legislation and public policies.

Congressional legislation requires experienced federal workers to implement complex programs and provide oversight of government operations. Mass layoffs reduce institutional capacity to execute democratic decisions while eliminating professional expertise that ensures government operates according to legal requirements and congressional intent.