Opinion: Who’s suffering most from federal cuts? Our veterans
Chelsea Donaldson, CVLC’s Supervising Attorney of our VA Benefits and Discharge Upgrade Unit, recently published the below opinion article in Connecticut Mirror. The article was originally published on March 31, 2025.
In her article Who’s suffering most from federal cuts? Our veterans, she discusses how the The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s proposed cuts will impact Veterans.
Chelsea Donaldson is a member of the Connecticut Mirror’s Community Editorial Board.
The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), (apparently led by Elon Musk, although the Administration denies this), boasts of cutting unnecessary spending throughout the federal infrastructure. The DOGE website claims to have made massive cuts to trim the fat on agencies such as the Social Security Administration, the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Never mind the fact that these claims of widespread fraud and mismanagement have been soundly debunked – Mr. Musk and President Trump seem hellbent on gutting the federal system despite the mountains of evidence that contradict their mission. Mr. Musk and President Trump state that these cuts are for the betterment of American society as a whole.
What Mr. Musk and President Trump do not disclose to the American public is the catastrophic impact their actions are having upon a population that is typically beloved across the political spectrum – veterans……
Read the full article here.
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