This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE's cuts is everywhere

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https://apnews.com/article/doge-federal-cuts-job-musk-trump-kansas-city-06023cbc68c82fdaa021ced1069fd81c

This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere
By RYAN J. FOLEY
Updated 10:09 AM CDT, April 20, 2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In her 28 years working for the federal government, Shea Giagnorio provided day care for the children of U.S. soldiers, training for employees and oversight for safety net programs.

Public service took her from Germany to Alaska to Kansas City, Missouri, where she moved last year for a long-sought promotion.

But when she reported to a downtown federal building for work one day last month, her access card did not work. After a co-worker let her into the building, she checked her email: Her entire office had been let go in the latest mass firing ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration.

The 46-year-old single mom has canceled her apartment lease, is selling her new furniture and may have to pull her daughter out of college. She wonders what will happen to the at-risk populations her team helped serve at the Administration for Children and Families, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The impact of the cuts by Trump appointees and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency can be found everywhere in the Kansas City metropolitan area, which has long been a major hub for federal agencies about 1,000 miles away from Washington, D.C. Money once promised to the region for public health, environmental, diversity, food aid and an array of other programs has been axed, and thousands of local jobs are in jeopardy.

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[BoRaGard]

1. republicans did this

while their "leader" was out on the links, Gourmet Golfing with republicon billionaire bros,
luxuriating at taxpayer expense.

[modrepub]

2. But They'll Blame It On Democrats

I've already heard the gas lighting that the US economy is run on too much federal spending. Like there's a difference between money spent by the federal government and what the rest of us use.

I also predict there will be a whole lot less empathy from rank and file Democrats. After all, this is what they voted for. Hope they learn but I doubt it. Better question is, will Democratic representatives continue to allocate tax payer money to people who don't want or appreciate it?

[Botany]

3. Planned cruelty by Trump and Musk along with the mouth breathers who watch Fox News and think it is true

“The poor will become even more poor now,” Giagnorio said. “If we’re taking away social safety nets, what is the end result? If we’re not helping homeless people anymore, will they freeze to death in the winter? Is that what we want?”

[MagickMuffin]

4. Is that what we want? No, this is what the magaloongoons want

We the People, do not. We the people want our government to help those less fortunate, that is what MADE America Great.

[Botany]

5. It is what Krasnov wants because being cruel to black people, LGBT folk, women, and others sells to

… 30% + of Americans and institutions such as Fox News, Russia, and others make them happy
and with dirty elections and the electoral college they can keep power. Nixon proved this with his
southern strategy in the 60s & 70s. A % of Americans still think that that the wrong side won the
civil war and > 50% of Americans read below a 5th grade level which is due in a large part to the
gutting of our educational systems.

[MagickMuffin]

6. Thinking back on my childhood, there was a sense of American Pride

Higher education was promoted heavily

Trade Unions were promoted and even aired commercials “Look for the Union Label”.

We were challenged to make America a better place. But the republicans decided they didn’t like the results. Higher education meant smart people wouldn’t vote for them. Unions asked for living wages, better working conditions, protections from their employers, but their employers wanted cheap labor. We can’t have that now can we.

So, Poppy Bush pushed NAFTA, to help manufacturing jobs to poorer nations, cheaper labor was around the corner. He didn’t achieve it during his term, but still helped push it through.

The Bush boys continued to dumb down our public education system. At least they didn’t totally destroy it.

Now . . . . The Plan is coming together with Project 2025.