Dear Grant,

In 1978, Congress passed and President Carter signed into law the Inspector Generals Act.
It created watchdogs within each agency of the Federal Government whose job it was to rout out waste, fraud, and abuse.
The Inspector Generals have saved U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars and their respective agencies have become more productive and efficient.
They don’t tout their accomplishments in front of the cameras, they just do their job.
When Trump took office in January, 2025, he fired 17 Inspector Generals and instead let Elon Musk and DOGE take a chainsaw to the Federal Government, indiscriminately firing experienced senior employees, probationary employees (less than two years) and everyone in between — creating fear, chaos, and confusion.
Federal employment is down more than a quarter of a million jobs since January, 2025.
As of December 19, 2025, the Treasury Department TODAY reports, compiled by the Brookings Institute, has Federal spending up $453-billion over 2024 spending.
So much for the slash and burn approach.

_{Dawn Kortmeyer
Lake City}