The Trump administration has embarked on a path of mindless cutting and erratic non-decisions. Even worse, the motivation in many cases appears to be personal grievance rather than any desire to improve our country.
We need thoughtful change; not denial of reality. Consider a few examples:
Increasing Internal Revenue Service funding by $1 pays back about $2.50 in increased revenue yet on March 13 CNN reported large staffing cuts at the IRS. How will cutting staff improve efficiency?
NBC News reported that Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy Jr. continues to undermine trust in vaccines. Readily available facts at the CDC, Mayo Clinic, etc. tell us that before the 1980s our country had 3 to 4 million cases of measles, with 400 to 500 deaths, each year. Before the 1950s our country had about 16,000 cases of polio each year. Both diseases have been almost unheard of in our country for more than 30 years; vaccines are safe and effective! The occasional outbreak, however, reminds us that diseases still exist. Think carefully before you keep your child unvaccinated.
How does removing climate data improve efficiency? Farmers are suing to get the data back and climate change is still really happening.
Preschool age children might well be taught that all people are born male or female and that’s that! However, grown-ups know that, like many things in life, reality is more complicated. A group that knows us well would be our doctors. Go to the American Medical Association website and search for “gender” to find out what our doctors would like us to know.
Everyone would like government to be efficient. Thoughtless action by small, angry, vengeful minds is not what our country needs.
George Biehl
Stanwood
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