- cross-posted to:
- LeopardsAteMyFace@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- LeopardsAteMyFace@lemmy.ca
Summary
The Trump administration’s recent mass layoffs of national park and forest staff have sparked outrage as services deteriorate and safety concerns grow.
Around 1,000 National Park Service employees (5%) and 3,400 Forest Service workers (10%) were terminated on February 14, causing long entrance lines, trail closures, and reduced visitor services.
Former employees like wilderness ranger Kate White worry about visitor safety and ecological damage at popular destinations.
Conservation work for endangered species has halted, and wildfire response capabilities are threatened. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the cuts as deficit reduction, while critics call for policy reversal.
Every dollar given to the IRS yields 5-9 dollars back in recovered taxes.
If I told you you could put a dollar in and multiply that by fivefold in a year, you’d be a fool to not leverage it.
If you were running america as a business, you would failing a fiducial duty by not investing in it.
Now, I wonder why the billionaires in charge of government don’t do it?
Hmm.