Turning Away Communities
This is from a collection of sites. I put together a possible outcome if we don’t stop the madness. In recent days, the U.S. economy has again been rocked by uncertainty, with the stock market experiencing its sharpest single-day drop since 2020. This follows a series of sweeping tariff decisions by trump, targeting not just adversaries but long-standing allies. These moves have heightened global tension, rattled markets, and put American jobs, exports, and retirement accounts at risk. But perhaps most concerning is the rhetoric and repeated signals coming from trump and cronies regarding the future of Social Security and Medicare—programs that are not simply government expenditures, but lifelines for millions of Americans. Pillars of Dignity and Survival For over 80 years, Social Security has provided a basic income to retired and disabled Americans, lifting over 22 million people out of poverty annually, including more than 15 million seniors. Medicare, since its inception in...