Liberty Vittert, a professor of data science at Washington University in St. Louis and the on-air statistician for the NewsNation network, makes a key point:
The most frustrating argument I have heard against DOGE's cuts is that government workers are losing their jobs. Of course, I feel for anyone who loses a job -- it is a scary moment for anyone, causing huge upset for themselves and their families. But this isn't new. Under President Obama, multiple regulations led to tens of thousands of job losses -- people with no other training and who had been coal miners or worked in factories their entire lives lost their jobs with just a few days' notice. Entire communities were devastated by Obama and Biden-era policies, and in some cases they were quite proud of it.
