Summary
David A. Lebryk, a top Treasury official, is retiring after clashing with allies of Elon Musk over access to the U.S. government’s payment systems, which handle over $6 trillion annually in Social Security, Medicare, salaries, and tax refunds.
Typically controlled by a few career officials, these systems are crucial to tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people across the country.
Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) sought access under a Trump executive order, raising concerns over political influence.
The dispute underscores Musk’s growing influence and alarms experts over potential interference in federal financial operations.
I feel bad for federal employees. They get shit on their entire career, then when they finally quit like the public has been telling them to do for decades, all of the sudden it’s “why aren’t they protecting us?!”
The people who shit on them and the people begging them for protection aren’t the same people in many cases