Paying to Fire and Rehire — Audit finding
Reporting and findings
- documented
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.
- Roll Call Factbase: Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Detroit, MichiganTranscript search: 'working with Elon Musk' and 'cut trillions'
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Original Email to Employees: Fork in the RoadDeferred resignation terms and FAQ link
- CBS News: DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis saysPartnership estimate and included-cost description
- Associated Press: Federal agency asks hundreds of workers fired by DOGE to returnOpening section and GSA response
- Associated Press: Federal agency asks hundreds of workers fired by DOGE to returnGSA statement
- CBS News: DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis saysWhite House response following the Partnership model description
People and organizations
- America First Audit — Paying to Fire and Rehireaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject