Most people are concerned about the impact on separation of powers, the Constitution, and our democracy. But there is much more to be worried about. Following is a partial list of consequences to the planet, the nation and its citizens as a result of the regime’s policies:
- Increased debt and interest payments thereby mortgaging the future of the next generations as a result of tax cuts for the wealthy.
- Increased inflation due to tariffs.
- Increased political division and political violence.
- Further weakening of institutions and norms.
- Increased hunger and homelessness along with a widening of the wealth gap.
- Massive decline in necessary workers for the food industry, construction and hospitality from deportations.
- More bankruptcies of family farms resulting in further corporate consolidation of our food chain.
- Increased vulnerability to terrorists and rogue nations as a result of the brain drain at the CIA and National Security Agency.
- More political control of our nation by billionaires (deepening of the oligarchy).
- Massive brain drain from cutting funds to universities and research.
- Further consolidation of media and erosion of first amendment rights.
- Weakening of public education furthering the wealth gap and brain drain.
- Further erosion of separation of church and state.
- Weakening or elimination of FEMA, NOAA and NWS resulting in lack of preparedness for extreme weather events.
- Further accelerating the global climate crisis by increased use of fossil fuels, increased lumbering, oil drilling in national parks and erasing incentives for electric cars and other mitigation efforts.
- Weakening of CDC and NIH resulting in lack of preparedness for another pandemic.
- Increased bankruptcies of hospitals and other healthcare facilities as a result of cuts to Medicaid and the ACA.
- Increased health insurance rates as a result of forcing the uninsured into ERs because they can’t afford routine medical visits.
- Undercutting citizen faith in vaccines making children more vulnerable to deadly disease.
- Weakening of our nation’s stature around the globe making us a global bully and pariah as a result of tariffs along with ICE and its concentration camps.
- Weakening of the arts by elimination of funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Increased racism and misogyny as a result of the attacks on DEI.
- Overloading of the foster system by unwanted births due to denial of abortions.
- Mass extinctions of species as a result of ending mitigation policies for global warming.
- Increased state and local taxes as a result of cuts to federal grants.
- Massive loss of revenue from foreign tourists and foreign students.
- Loss of revenue from exports to foreign nations due to tariffs and offensive statements.
Given the regime’s policies, these consequences are inevitable. Are they what you voted for?