The primary function, duty and reason for being of any government is to provide security for its people. Since Jan. 21, this administration — elected and unelected — has gravely endangered our national security, our financial security, our social security, our election security and our international security, as well as our food security, our health security, our air safety and our basic constitutional and human rights.

But the Department of Government Efficiency is cutting vast amounts of waste and fraud, right? No. I believe DOGE is the private takeover of the federal government, disguised as reform. Its “receipts” are wildly exaggerated or false. DOGE’s true goals: free billionaires and corporations from the inconvenience of regulation and accountability by making the federal government inoperable; divert tax revenue from public needs to private wealth; and reestablish segregation and discrimination throughout society by criminalizing diversity hiring. I don’t think anyone voted for this.

Sue Cowing

Kuliouou

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