When someone loses their job, they don’t eat out, they don’t travel, they don’t buy cars, they don’t buy from Amazon, they cut back on groceries.
When hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs, how long do you think it will take for the impact to ripple through the economy, affecting everyone in this country?
With the shutdown of USAID, U.S. farmers lost $340 million in crop sales. They’ve already incurred the expenses to grow the crops that now sit in silos, rotting away.
And what effect do you think the surpluses will have on futures’ markets? How long do you think it will take for the impact to ripple through the economy in the rural areas, affecting businesses in small towns, zero investment in new machinery, and defaults on machinery and home loans?
Marco Rubio, you aren’t a stupid man. As you travel the world trying to address hot spots with diplomacy – you just lost one of your most effective negotiation tools.
Why will anyone take you seriously when any promise you make can be negated on a whim by the current occupant of the White House and his puppet-master? How effective will you be and how safe are the people who serve in the State Department?
Members of Congress, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, George W. Bush, we need you out there, organizing and rallying people against these illegal actions and draconian measures. We need to see you speak up and join the fight!
Mary Wheeler
Durango
