Summary
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to cut 75% of federal agencies, reducing them from 428 to 99, in collaboration with Elon Muskās āDepartment of Government Efficiencyā (DOGE), led by Vivek Ramaswamy.
Johnsonās agenda includes defunding PBS, Planned Parenthood, and curbing the āadministrative stateā through legislation and executive orders under Donald Trump.
Critics warn such cuts would impact jobs, healthcare, and essential services.
Backed by recent Supreme Court rulings limiting agency authority, Johnson and DOGE aim to reduce federal regulations, sparking significant debate over these drastic proposals.
1.5 million in direct unemployment, but consider the knock on unemployment for all the services those workers wonāt need. Coffee shops, dry cleaners, parking lots, Uber/Lift drivers, childcare, etc. Employed people pay for services while employed that are directly tied to that employment and those businesses will also layoff their workers when these jobs disappear
The DC economy would shutter.