Summary
David Lebryk, the longest-serving career official at the U.S. Treasury, is resigning after a conflict with Elon Musk’s allies over access to a key government payment system.
Musk’s team has sought control of the system, which distributes $6 trillion annually in Social Security, Medicare, federal salaries, and other payments.
Traditionally, only career officials handle it.
Lebryk’s departure raises concerns, as he served under multiple administrations, including Trump’s, and was widely respected for his nonpartisan leadership.
His exit signals growing instability in financial governance.
Funny how now after years of comments and digs at federal employees being lazy and overpaid, all of a sudden people are like “oh no, please save us”. This cull is a direct result of those outright false comments, allowing people to think that the tiny budget savings if the entire federal workforce went away is a good thing.