1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

The Trump Administration’s plans to cut 80,000 employees from the Department of Veteran Affairs are alarming and I oppose them strongly. Not only does the VA provide critical services for U.S. servicemembers—people who have put their lives on the line for all of us—but 25% of its entire workforce are veterans! The Administration’s reasoning for these cuts, that there is inefficiency at the Department, may be true, but since that same Administration illegally fired the VA’s Inspector General, who saved the agency $45 billion during his tenure, we know this has nothing to do with waste or fraud. It’s about funding tax cuts for billionaires, and that’s repugnant. There is no price that can be put on the sacrifices our veterans have made for this country. They have given all that can be given to keep the rest of us safe; the least we can do is provide them with employment, healthcare, and the best-quality service at the agency created to help them. Please speak out forcefully against cuts to the VA. Protect our veterans—just as they have protected all of us. Thanks.