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Trump voter shocked to get fired by DOGE: It’s ‘destroying people’s lives'
"A wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason.”
www.nj.com
Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina's President Javier Milei as they arrive at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP
An IRS worker who voted for President Donald Trump expressed shock after being among the roughly 7,000 people in the department to be laid off by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Robert McCabe of Philadelphia told NBC10 that the Trump administration and DOGE, run by world’s richest man Elon Musk, are acting like a “wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason.”
“You know when he talks about government waste and all that, yes, I’m behind it,” McCabe told the local station. “I believe there is a lot of stuff in the government that needs fixing. And that’s part of the reason why I actually wanted to work for the government, actually. To help change. Help change the things that are wrong in the world, you know? I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason.”
NBC10 reported hundreds of Philadelphia IRS employees were laid off on Thursday.
The layoffs affect probationary employees with roughly one year or less of service at the agency and largely include workers in compliance departments, according to The Associated Press. Compliance work includes ensuring that taxpayers are abiding by the tax code, filing their returns and paying their taxes, among other duties.
The layoffs are part of the Trump administration’s intensified efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce through DOGE by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who have not yet gained civil service protection. They come despite IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season being told earlier this month that they would not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until mid-May, after the taxpayer filing deadline.
It’s unclear how the layoffs may affect tax collection services this year. As the nation’s revenue collector, the IRS was tasked during the Biden administration with targeting high-wealth tax evaders for an additional stream of income to the U.S., which is $36 trillion in debt. By the end of 2024, the IRS collected over $1.3 billion in back taxes from rich tax dodgers.
The IRS has roughly 90,000 employees total across the United States, according to the latest IRS data. Racial minorities make up 56% of the IRS workforce, and women represent 65%.
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