TELL CONGRESS: Musk is mulling how many trillions DOGE should cut from the government services countless Americans rely on — like Medicare and Social Security. He’s worth $400 billion and it won’t impact him or his billionaire friends one bit. Sign the petition: Stop Musk’s devastating DOGE cuts!

Hi,

Musk said that slashing $2 trillion from the federal government’s budget for programs like Medicare and Social Security would be “the best-case outcome.” He’d settle for $1 trillion in cuts though, saying such historic cuts to public services would be “epic.”1

An unelected man worth $400 billion2 shouldn’t have the power to gut everything from healthcare to public education. Yet, that’s exactly what’s happening as Musk heads Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) — unless we pressure Congress to stop it.

Sign the petition: Stop Musk’s devastating DOGE cuts! We must protect Social Security, Medicare, and other critical government programs from trillions in cuts.

Every public program and federal agency that benefits the people is on the chopping block as part of Musk’s dangerous right-wing project: Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, veterans’ benefits, clean energy subsidies, ACA funding, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, labor protection enforcement, and much, much more.

He promises his cuts will create “hardship” for Americans,3 but we know millionaires and billionaires won’t suffer. Those facing hardship will be working people, seniors reliant on the social safety net, public school teachers, people on Medicaid, and so many others.

The rich will get richer while everyone else suffers unless Congress stops reckless DOGE cuts.

Sign the petition: Urge leaders to stand against Musk’s disastrous “Department of Government Efficiency.”

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. CNN, “Elon Musk now has a new, lower target number for DOGE’s budget cuts,” January 9, 2025.
  2. NBC News, “Elon Musk becomes first person to surpass $400B net worth, according to Bloomberg,” December 11, 2024.
  3. NBC News, “Elon Musk asks voters to brace for economic 'hardship,' deep spending cuts in potential Trump Cabinet role,” October 30, 2024.

 

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