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Why these cases
Trump sold “America First.” This record traces how public money, power, and risk moved toward family businesses, donors, favored firms, and foreign governments: and what workers, ranchers, retirees, patients, veterans, and small investors were left to absorb.
documentedOPM offered eligible federal employees deferred resignation, with pay and benefits through September 30, 2025 and generally no expected work requirement during the deferral period.U.S. Office of Personnel ManagementRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
reportedCBS reported the Partnership for Public Service's rough estimate that DOGE-related paid leave, lost productivity, and firing and rehiring would cost about $135 billion in fiscal 2025.CBS NewsCBS NewsAssociated PressRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
reportedAssociated Press reported that GSA asked hundreds of employees to return after months on paid leave, an agency-specific example of reversal and paid nonwork time.Open cited record
Federal agencies implementing workforce reductions
Federal employees separated, placed on leave, or later rehired
U.S. taxpayers
Amounts and affected parties
public costModeled fiscal-2025 cost of DOGE workforce disruptionroughly $135 billion
Paid leave, back pay, rehiring and lost productivity are documented costs, and they contradict any pure-savings account of the workforce campaign. The $135 billion estimate carries its modeling limits and is useful for scale alone.